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Configuring password authentication for modem login
Configuration prerequisites
You have logged in to the device.
By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see “
.”
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure password authentication for modem login:
To do…
Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Enter one or more AUX user
interface views
user-interface aux
first
-
number
[
last-number
]
—
Specify the password
authentication mode
authentication-mode password
Required
By default, the modem login
authentication mode of the device
is none.
Set the local password
set authentication password
{
cipher
|
simple
}
password
Required
By default, no local password is
set.
Configure common settings for
modem login
—
Optional
For more information, see
“
Configuring common settings for
.”
After the configuration, when you log in to the device through modems, you are prompted to enter a
login password. A prompt such as <H3C> appears after you enter the password and press
Enter
, as
shown in
