Add Group configure new device group inside tacacs gui

Tacacs Devices. Add New Device Group

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• Add New Device Group Tabs

  • General Tab

  • Messages Tab

  • Access Tab

  • Manual Tab

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Feild	Description
Device Group Name it should be unique, but you can change it later	(Required!) The unique name of device group. Also you can set “Group as Default” and everytime when you will create new device that group will be selected be default.
Tacacs Key	Pre-Shared Key that used between tacacs server and the device (NAS). All members (devices) of that group will use it if they don’t have your own pre-configured key.
Enable Password	Default enable password. If user does not have pre-configured enable password, that password will be used. The enable password can be stored in clear text or as MD5 hash. To store password as a hash, type your password, choose MD5 (Type of storing) and don’t forget to set “Encrypt the enable password (hashing), uncheck it if you put hash”, else the server will think that you put the hash instead of clear text and just save it. All members (devices) of that group will use it if they don’t have your own pre-configured enable password.

The tacacs daemon allows for various banners to be diplayed to the user. All members (devices) of that group will use these messages if they don’t have your own pre-configured messages.

Test Welcome	### Welcome banner
Password:
Password incorrect.
Failed Auth! Get out!	### Failed Auth banner
Test Welcome	### Welcome banner
Password:
Test MOTD	### MOTD banner
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More info about special characters you can find here.

Field	Description
Access Control List acl_1 acl_3 acl_3 select ACL	Here you can set pre-configured tacacs Access Control List (ACL), to restrict access for specific ip addresses. All members (devices) of that group will use it if they don’t have your own pre-configured ACL. How to add new tacacs ACL?
Default User Group user_group_1 user_group_3 user_group_3 select default user group, for users without any group membership this directive may be used to assign one	Here you can define default tacacs user group. If user doesn’t member of any group that group will be applied. All members (devices) of that group will use it if they don’t have your own pre-configured default user group. How to define new tacacs user group?
Connection Timeout terminate a connection to this NAS after an idle period of at least s seconds. If it is 0 or empty, global param will be used	Terminate a connection to this new device (NAS) after an idle period of at least seconds. Defaults to the global option. All members (devices) of that group will use it if they don’t have your own pre-configured timeout.

Here you can define manual settings for new device group. More info you can find here.

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