3Com 4500 PWR 26-Port Configuration Manual page 96

Enter system view
Enter user interface view
Specify the
authentication
mode for user
level switching
When both the super password authentication and the HWTACACS authentication are specified, the
device adopts the preferred authentication mode first. If the preferred authentication mode cannot be
implemented (for example, the super password is not configured or the HWTACACS authentication
server is unreachable), the backup authentication mode is adopted.
Adop ting super password authentication for user level switching
With the super password set, you can pass the super password authentication successfully only when
you provide the super password as prompted. If no super password is set, the system prompts
"%Password is not set" when you att
the super password authentication.
For example, after the administrator configures the super password level 3 simple 123 command,
when u sers of level 0 through level 2 want to switch to user level 3, they need to input super password
123.
The following table lists the operations to configure super password a
switching, which can only be performed by level-3 users (administrators).
To do...
Super password
authentication
HWTACACS authentication
Super password
authentication preferred
(with the HWTACACS
authentication as the backup
authentication mode)
HWTACACS authentication
preferred (with the super
password authentication as
the backu p authentication
mode)
empt to switch to a higher user level. In this case, you cannot pass
Use the command...
system-view
user-interface [ type ]
first-num ber [ last-number ]
super
authentication-m
super-pa ssword
super
authentic ation-mode
scheme
super
authentication-mode
super-password scheme
super
authentication-mode
scheme super-password
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Remarks
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ode
Optional
These
configurations
will take effect on
the current user
interface only.
By default, super
password
authentication is
adopted for use
level switching.
uthentication for user level
r