Local Enable Password; Enable Admin - D-Link DGS-3427 User Manual

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 Enable
New Local Enable
Confirm Local Enable
Click Apply to implement changes made.

Enable Admin

The Enable Admin window is for users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level, and wish to be
promoted to the administrator level. After logging on to the Switch, users will have only user level privileges. To gain
access to administrator level privileges, the user will open this window and will have to enter an authentication password.
Possible authentication methods for this function include TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+/RADIUS, user defined server
groups, local enable (local account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because XTACACS and TACACS do not
support the enable function, the user must create a special account on the server host, which has the username "enable",
and a password configured by the administrator that will support the "enable" function. This function becomes inoperable
when the authentication policy is disabled.
To view the following window, click Security > Access Authentication Control > Enable Admin:
When this screen appears, click the Enable Admin button revealing a window for the user to enter authentication
(password, username), as seen below. A successful entry will promote the user to Administrator level privileges on the
Switch.
xStack DGS-3400 Series Fast Ethernet Switch
Figure 8- 21. 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.
Figure 8- 22. Enable Admin Screen
160