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 Enabled
New Local Enabled
Confirm Local Enabled
DES-3526 / DES-3526DC Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Switch
user in the next section entitled Local Enable Password must set the local
enable password.
none - Adding this parameter will require an authentication to access the
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Switch.
radius - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated using
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the RADIUS protocol from a remote RADIUS server.
tacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated
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using the TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
xtacacs - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated
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using the XTACACS protocol from a remote XTACACS server.
tacacs+ - Adding this parameter will require the user to be authenticated
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using the TACACS protocol from a remote TACACS server.
server_group - Adding a previously configured server group will require the
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user to be authenticated using a user-defined server group previously
configured on the Switch.
Figure 7- 17. Configure Local Enable Password window
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.
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