Setting Up Passwords

RS 2100 Initial Configuration

4.5SETTING UP PASSWORDS

You can password-protect CLI access to the RS 2100 by setting up passwords for User mode access and Enable mode access. Users who have a User password but not an Enable password can use only the commands available in User mode. Users with an Enable password can use commands available in the Enable and Configure modes, as well as the commands in User mode.

In addition, you can set up the RS 2100 for TACACS, TACACS+, and/or RADIUS authentication by a TACACS or RADIUS server. Procedures for configuring the RS 2100 for TACACS and RADIUS can be found in the Riverstone RS Switch Router User Guide.

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

system set password loginenable <string>none

4.Use the show command to examine the commands you just entered.

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

6.Exit the Configuration mode, then use the system show active-configcommand to verify the active changes.

Here is an example of the commands in the previous steps:

rs(config)# system set password login demo rs(config)# system set password enable killer rs(config)# save active

rs# exit

rs# system show active-config

Running system configuration:

!

!Last modified from Console on Mon Mar 27 12:12:19 2003

1 : system set name "rs"

2 : system set location "Houston, TX"

3 : system set contact "John Smith"

4 : system set hashed-password login jNIssH c976b667e681d03ccd5fc527f219351a

5 : system set hashed-password enable zcGzbO 5d1f73d2d478ceaa062a0b5e0168f46a

Notice that the passwords are shown in the Active configuration in an encrypted format. Passwords also appear this way in the Startup configuration. To keep your passwords secure, the RS 2100 does not have a command for displaying passwords in an unencrypted format.

Caution Test all new passwords before saving the active configuration to the Startup configuration file.

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RS 2100 specifications

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