Switching to a higher user privilege level

Before you switch to a higher user privilege level, obtain the required authentication data as described in Table 30.

The privilege level switching fails after three consecutive unsuccessful password attempts. To switch the user privilege level, perform the following task in user view:

Task

Command

Remarks

 

Switch the user

super [ level ]

When logging in to the device, a user has a user privilege level,

privilege level.

which depends on user interface or authentication user level.

 

 

 

Table 30 Information required for user privilege level switching

 

 

 

 

 

User interface

User privilege

Information required for the

Information required for the

level switching

authentication

authentication

first authentication mode

second authentication mode

mode

mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password configured for the

 

 

local

privilege level on the device with

N/A

 

 

the super password command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password configured for the

Username and password

none/password

local scheme

privilege level on the device with

configured on the AAA server for

 

the super password command.

the privilege level.

 

 

 

 

 

scheme

Username and password for the

N/A

 

privilege level.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

scheme local

Username and password for the

Local user privilege level

 

privilege level.

switching password.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password configured for the

 

 

local

privilege level on the device with

N/A

 

 

the super password command.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password for privilege level

 

 

Password configured for the

switching configured on the

 

local scheme

privilege level on the device with

AAA server. The system uses the

 

 

the super password command.

login username as the privilege

 

 

 

level switching username.

 

 

 

 

scheme

 

Password for privilege level

 

 

 

switching configured on the AAA

 

 

scheme

server. The system uses the login

N/A

 

 

username as the privilege level

 

 

 

switching username.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Password for privilege level

 

 

 

switching configured on the AAA

Password configured on the

 

scheme local

server. The system uses the login

device with the super password

 

 

username as the privilege level

command for the privilege level.

 

 

switching username.

 

 

 

 

 

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