Login Authentication - Dell Z9500 Command Reference Manual

The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version
9.2(1.0)
8.3.19.0
8.3.11.1
8.3.7.0
7.6.1.0
7.5.1.0
6.1.1.0
Usage
To control access to command modes, use this command to define a password for
Information
a level and use the privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
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Related
show running-config
Commands
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode)
modes within the switch.

login authentication

To designate the terminal lines, apply an authentication method list.
Z9500
Syntax
login authentication {method-list-name | default}
To use the local user/password database for login authentication, use the no
login authentication command.
Parameters
method-list-
name
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Description
Introduced on the Z9500.
Introduced on the S4820T.
Introduced on the Z9000.
Introduced on the S4810.
Introduced on the S-Series.
Introduced on the C-Series.
Introduced on the E-Series.
Start with a letter, not a number.
Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a
password with a regular expression in it, use CNTL + v prior to entering regular
expression. For example, to create the password abcd]e, you type "abcd CNTL
v ]e". When the password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v key
combination and enter "abcd]e".
NOTE: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
— views the current configuration.
Enter the keywords method-list-name to specify that
method list, created in the aaa authentication login
command, to be applied to the designated terminal line.
— controls access to the command
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