Setting Up Passwords

Setting Up Passwords

You can password protect CLI access to the XP-2000 by setting up passwords for login access and Enable access. Users who have a login password but not an Enable password can use only the commands available in User mode. Users with an Enable password can use the commands available in Enable and Configure modes as well as the commands in User mode.

In addition, you can set up the XP-2000 for TACACS and/or RADIUS authentication on login and password by a TACACS or RADIUS server. You can find a section describing configuration of the XP-2000 for TACACS and RADIUS in the The TeraLink 2000 Series Library: User Reference.

Note: If a password is configured for Enable mode, the XP-2000 prompts you for the password when you enter the enable command. Otherwise, the XP-2000 displays a message advising you to configure an Enable password before entering Enable mode. From Enable mode, you can access Configure mode to make configuration changes.

The default password for each access level is blank. (Simply press Enter or Return without entering a password.) If you want to add password protection to the CLI, use the following procedure.

1.Ensure that you are in Enable mode by entering the enable command in the CLI.

2.Ensure that you are in Configure mode by entering the configure command in the CLI.

3.Use the following command for each password you want to set:

system set password loginenable <string>none

4.Enter the show command to examine the changes accumulated in the scratchpad.

5.Enter the save active command to activate the commands.

6.Enter the system show active-configcommand to verify the active changes. Here is an example of the commands in the previous steps:

xp-1(config)#system set password login demo xp-1(config)#system set password enable demo xp-1(config)#save active

xp-1# exit

xp-1#system show active-config

Running system configuration:

!

!Last modified from Console on Mon May 14 12:12:19 2001

1 : system set name “xp-1”

2 : system set location “Sunnyvale, CA”

3 : system set contact “John Smith”

4 : system set hashed-password login jNIssH c976b667e681d03ccd5fc527f219351a

5 : system set hashed-password enable zcGzbO 5d1f73d2d478ceaa062a0b5e0168f46a

6 : snmp set community public privilege read

7 : snmp set target 10.50.11.12 community public

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2000 specifications

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