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By default, console login does not require authentication. Any user can log in through the console port without authentication and have user privilege level 3. To improve device security, configure the password or scheme authentication mode immediately after you log in to the device for the first time.
Table 4 Configuration required for different console login authentication modes
Authentication | Configuration tasks | Reference | |
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| Set the authentication mode to none for the console user | "Configuring none | |
None | authentication for console | ||
interface. | |||
| login" | ||
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| Enable password authentication on the console user | "Configuring password | |
Password | interface. | authentication for console | |
| Set a password. | login" | |
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| Enable scheme authentication on the console user |
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| interface. |
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| Configure local or remote authentication settings. |
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To configure local authentication:
1.Configure a local user and specify the password.
| 2. | Configure the device to use local authentication. | "Configuring scheme |
Scheme | To configure remote authentication: | authentication for console | |
| login" | ||
| 3. | Configure the RADIUS or HWTACACS scheme on | |
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| the device. |
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| 4. | Configure the username and password on the AAA |
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| server. |
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| 5. | Configure the device to use the scheme for user |
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| authentication. |
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Configuring none authentication for console login
Step |
| Command | Remarks |
6. | Enter system view. | N/A | |
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7. | Enter console user interface | N/A | |
| view. | [ | |
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8. | Enable none authentication |
| By default, you can log in to the |
device through the console port | |||
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| user privilege level 3. |
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9. | Configure common settings | See "Configuring common console | Optional. |
| for console login. | user interface settings (optional)." | |
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The next time you attempt to log in through the console port, you do not need to provide any username or password.
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