User Authentication - Huawei quidway s7700 Configuration Manual

Quidway S7700 Smart Routing Switch
Configuration Guide - Basic Configuration

5.1.2 User Authentication

When a user logs in to the S7700, the S7700 authenticates the user according to the configuration
to ensure system security.
When the S7700 is switched on for the first time, no authentication information for login is
available in the system. In this case, you can log in to the S7700 through the console interface
without being authenticated.
If a user logs in to the S7700 through Telnet on an Ethernet interface, the login user must be
authenticated for the sake of security. If the authentication succeeds, the user can log in to the
S7700 to configure and maintain the S7700.
To manage users that try to log in to the S7700, these users are assigned with passwords and
classified into different levels.
Classifying Login Users
Login users on the S7700 are classified according to service types and assigned rights assigned,
as shown in
Table 5-2 Types of login users
User Type
Super users
Issue 01 (2011-07-15)
Figure 5-1 Numbering of user interfaces on the S7700
Types ofset
interface
CON
VTY
In the figure, console 0 and 0 indicate the same user interface; vty1 and 35 indicate the
same user interface.
NOTE
On the S7700, the absolute number can be 0 or 34 to 48.
Table 5-2.
Description
Logs in to the S7700 through the console interface
and have all rights.
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Relative
numbering numbering
console0
vty0
vty1
vty2
vty3
vty4
Obsolute
0
......
34
35
36
37
38
Authentication
Not authenticated for
the first login but
recommended later
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