Brocade Communications Systems 6650 manual Setting passwords for management privilege levels

Passwords used to secure access

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Setting passwords for management privilege levels

You can set one password for each of the following management privilege levels:

•Super User level – Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system administrators and is the only management privilege level that allows you to configure passwords.

•Port Configuration level – Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.

•Read Only level – Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and User EXEC mode of the CLI but only with read access.

You can assign a password to each management privilege level. You also can configure up to 16 user accounts consisting of a user name and password, and assign each user account to one of the three privilege levels. Refer to “Local user accounts” on page 17.

NOTE

You must use the CLI to assign a password for management privilege levels.

If you configure user accounts in addition to privilege level passwords, the device will validate a user access attempt using one or both methods (local user account or privilege level password), depending on the order you specify in the authentication-method lists. Refer to “Authentication-method lists” on page 58.

Follow the steps given below to set passwords for management privilege levels.

1.At the opening CLI prompt, enter the following command to change to the Privileged level of the EXEC mode.

Brocade> enable

Brocade#

2. Access the CONFIG level of the CLI by entering the following command.

Brocade# configure terminal

Brocade(config)#

3. Enter the following command to set the Super User level password.

Brocade(config)# enable super-user-password text

NOTE

You must set the Super User level password before you can set other types of passwords. The Super User level password can be an alphanumeric string, but cannot begin with a number.

4.Enter the following commands to set the Port Configuration level and Read Only level passwords.

Brocade(config)# enable port-config-password text

Brocade(config)# enable read-only-password text

Syntax: enable super-user-password text

Syntax: enable port-config-password text

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