Specifying Line-Level Passwords - HP procurve 8100fl series Management And Configuration Manual

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To configure a switch password and set the privilege level, enter the following
command in Configuration mode:
ProCurve(config)#enable secret level <lvl> [encrypt|0|5]
<string>
where
<lvl> is either 0 (Exec mode) or 15 (Privileged Exec mode); and
[ 0 | 5 ] can be either 0 (an unecrypted password) or 5 (hidden or encrypted)
For example, to set and encrypt a Privileged Exec mode password as
abcd1234, you would enter the following command:
ProCurve(config)#enable secret level 15 5 abcd1234
By default, the ProCurve 8100fl allocates users full access at privilege level 15.
To create a user with restricted access (Exec mode only), assign privilege level
0 by entering the following command in Configuration mode:
ProCurve(config)#username <name> privilege <0> password
<string>
Exec mode privileges provide only limited access to the system. It allows users
to perform basic system-level tasks such as launch ping requests, show
running system information, and set terminal line parameters; it does not
allow the user to make any configuration changes.

Specifying Line-level Passwords

The 8100fl switch supports up to 10 vty remote connections for which you can
assign line-level passwords. To prevent unauthorized access, it is
recommended you assign line-level password protection to all the terminal
lines that you configure.
To add password protection to each terminal (or console) line:
1. From Configuration mode, enter the following command:
ProCurve(config)#line vty 0
where 0 represents the line number of the vty terminal line connection.
Security Configuration
Configuring Passwords
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