Configuring An Initial Telnet Password - Dell PowerConnect 5500 Series System User's Manual

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• Disabled: When the password-recovery mechanism is invoked, one-time
access to the device without a password is stilled enabled, however all
configuration files (startup and backups) are removed and the following
log message is generated to the terminal after boot process completed: "All
configuration and user files were removed"
Configuring an Initial Terminal Password
To configure an initial terminal password, enter the following commands:
console(config)# aaa authentication login default line
console(config)# aaa authentication enable default line
console(config)# line console
console(config-line)# login authentication default
console(config-line)# enable authentication default
console(config-line)# password george

Configuring an Initial Telnet Password

To configure an initial Telnet password, enter the following commands:
console(config)# aaa authentication login default line
console(config)# aaa authentication enable default line
console(config)# line telnet
console(config-line)# login authentication default
console(config-line)# enable authentication default
console(config-line)# password bob
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