Local Enable Password; Enable Admin - D-Link DES-6500 - Switch User Manual

Local Enable Password

This window will configure the locally enabled password for the Enable Admin command. When a user chooses the
"local_enable" method to promote user level privileges to administrator privileges, he or she will be prompted to enter the
password configured here that is locally set on the Switch.
To view the following window, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Local Enable Password:
To set the Local Enable Password, set the following parameters and click Apply.
Parameter
Old Local Enable
New Local Enable
Confirm Local Enable
Click Apply to implement changes made.

Enable Admin

The Enable Admin window is for users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level, and wish to be promoted to
the administrator level. After logging on to the Switch, users will have only user level privileges. To gain access to administrator
level privileges, the user will open this window and will have to enter an authentication password. Possible authentication
methods for this function include TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+/RADIUS, user defined server groups, local enable (local
account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because XTACACS and TACACS do not support the enable function, the
user must create a special account on the server host, which has the username "enable", and a password configured by the
administrator that will support the "enable" function. This function becomes inoperable when the authentication policy is disabled.
To view the following window, click Security Management > Access Authentication Control > Enable Admin:
When this screen appears, click the Enable Admin button revealing a window for the user to enter authentication (password,
username), as seen below. A successful entry will promote the user to Administrator level privileges on the Switch.
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Figure 7- 2 . Configure Local Enable Password window 2
Description
If a password was previously configured for this entry, enter it here in order to change it to
a new password
Enter the new password that you wish to set on the Switch to authenticate users
attempting to access Administrator Level privileges on the Switch. The user may set a
password of up to 15 characters.
Confirm the new password entered above. Entering a different password here from the one
set in the New Local Enabled field will result in a fail message.
Figure 7- 23. Enable Admin Screen
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