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Chapter 30 Configuring Switch Access Using AAA
Configuring Authentication
Step 1
Connect to the switch through the supervisor engine console port. You cannot recover the password if
you are connected through a Telnet connection.
Step 2
Enter the reset system command to reboot the switch.
Step 3
At the “Enter Password” prompt, press Return. The login password is null for 30 seconds when you are
connected to the console port.
Step 4
Enter privileged mode using the enable command.
Step 5
At the “Enter Password” prompt, press Return. The enable password is null for 30 seconds when you
are connected to the console port.
Step 6
Enter the set password or set enablepass command, as appropriate.
Step 7
When prompted for your old password, press Return.
Step 8
Enter and confirm your new password.
Configuring Local User Authentication
The following sections describe how to configure local user authentication authentication on the switch.
Creating a Local User Account
Local user accounts and passwords must be fewer than 65 characters in length and can consist of any
alphanumeric characters. Local user accounts must contain at least one alphabetic character.
To create a local user account on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
This example shows how to create a local user account and password, set the privilege level, and verify
the configuration:
Console> (enable) set localuser user picard password captain privilege 15
Added local user picard.
Console> (enable) show localusers
Local User Authentication: disabled
Username Privilege Level
--------- -------------
picard
15
Console> (enable)
Task
Command
Step 1
Create a new local user account.
set localuser user username password pwd
privilege privilege_level
Step 2
Verify the local user account.
show localusers
