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IV. Setting the screen length

If a command displays more than one screen of information, you can use the following
command to set how many lines to be displayed in a screen, so that the information can
be separated in different screens and you can view it more conveniently.
Table 4-11 Set the screen length
Operation Command
Set the screen length screen-length screen-length
Restore the default screen length undo screen-length
By default, the terminal screen length is 24 lines.
screen-length 0 indicates to disable screen display separation function.

V. Setting the history command buffer size

Table 4-12 Set the history command buffer size
Operation Command
Set the history command buffer size history-command max-size value
Restore the default history command
buffer size undo history-command max-size
By default, the size of the history command buffer is 10, that is, 10 history commands
can be saved.
4.2.5 Managing Users
The management of users includes the setting of user logon authentication method,
level of command which a user can use after logging on, level of command which a
user can use after logging on from the specifically user interface, and command level.

I. Configuring the authentication method

The following command is used for configuring the user login authentication method to
deny the access of an unauthorized user.
Perform the following configuration in user interface view.
Table 4-13 Configure the authentication method
Operation Command
Configure the authentication method authentication-mode { password |
scheme | none }