Menu: Setting Manager And Operator Passwords - HP ProCurve series 2500 Management And Configuration Manual

Using Passwords, Port Security, and Authorized IP Managers To Protect Against Unauthorized Access
If you set a Manager password, you may also want to configure the
Inactivity Time parameter (see page 5-16). This causes the console session to
end after the specified period of inactivity, thus giving you added security
against unauthorized console access.
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The manager and operator passwords control access to the menu interface,
the CLI, and the web browser interface.
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If there is only a Manager password set (with no Operator password), and the
Manager password is not entered correctly when the console session begins,
access to the console will be denied.
If there are both a Manager password and an Operator password, but neither
is entered correctly, access to the console will be denied.
If the switch has neither a Manager password nor an Operator password,
anyone having access to the console interface can operate the console with
full manager privileges. Also, if only an Operator password is set, entering
the Operator password enables full manager privileges.
Passwords are case-sensitive.
The rest of this section covers how to:
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Menu: Setting Manager and Operator passwords

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Set Passwords
Delete Passwords
Recover from a Lost Password
From the Main Menu select:
5. Console Passwords
Using Password Security
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