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[Sysname-ui-aux0] idle-timeout 6
After the above configuration, to ensure a successful login, the console user needs to change the
corresponding configuration of the terminal emulation program running on the PC, to make the
configuration consistent with that on the switch. Refer to
Setting Up the Connection to the Console Port
for details.
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being
Password
Configuration Procedure
Follow these steps to perform Console port login configuration (with authentication mode being
password
):
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter AUX user interface
view
user-interface aux
0
—
Configure to authenticate
users using the local
password
authentication-mode
password
Required
By default, users logging in through the
Console port are not authenticated, while
users logging in through the Telnet need
to pass the password authentication.
Set the local password
set authentication
password
{
cipher
|
simple
}
password
Required
By default, no password is configured.
Configuration Example
Network requirements
Assume the switch is configured to allow you to login through Telnet, and your user level is set to the
administrator level (level 3). After you telnet to the switch, you need to limit the Console user at the
following aspects.
z
The user is authenticated against the local password when logging in through the Console port.
z
The local password is set to 123456 (in plain text).
z
The commands of level 2 are available to users logging in to the AUX user interface.
z
The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.
z
The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
z
The history command buffer can store up to 20 commands.
z
The timeout time of the AUX user interface is 6 minutes.
