HP Configuring password authentication for console login

By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration, see “Configuration requirements.”

Configuration procedure

Follow these steps to configure none authentication for console login:

To do…	Use the command…	Remarks
Enter system view	system-view	—
Enter AUX user interface view	user-interface aux first-number	—
	[ last-number ]
		Required
Specify the none authentication	authentication-mode none	By default, you can log in to the
		device through the console port
mode
		without authentication, and have
		user privilege level 3 after login.
Configure common settings for		Optional
	—	See “Configuring common settings
AUX user interface view
		for console login (optional).”

After the configuration, the next time you log in to the device through the console port, you are prompted to press Enter. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you press Enter, as shown in Figure 9.

Figure 9 Configuration page

Configuring password authentication for console login

Configuration prerequisites

You have logged in to the device.

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