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This optional parameter allows you to force the type of authentication to be used in the Tacacs+ request sent to the Tacacs+ server. Options are ‘PAP’ and ‘ASCII’. The default is to choose PAP if the version of Authen::TacacsPlus is 0.16 or greater, otherwise ASCII.
# Force ASCII auth regardless of the version of 
# Authen::TacacsPlus installed
AuthType ASCII