Configuring Password Authentication For Console Login - HP 5120 series Configuration Manual

To do...
Specify the none authentication
mode
Configure common settings for
AUX user interface view
After the configuration, the next time you log in to the device through the console port, you are prompted
to press enter. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you press Enter.

Configuring password authentication for console login

NOTE:
This feature is not supported in FIPS mode.
Configuration prerequisites
You have logged in to the device.
By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see "Configuration
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure password authentication for console login:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter AUX user interface view
Configure the authentication mode
as local password authentication
Set the local password
Configure common settings for
AUX user interface view
When you log in to the device through the console port after the configuration, you are prompted to enter
a login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you input the password and press Enter.
Use the command...
authentication-mode none
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requirements."
Use the command...
system-view
user-interface aux first-number
[ last-number ]
authentication-mode password
set authentication password
[ hash ] { cipher | simple }
password
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Remarks
Required
By default, you can log in to the
device through the console port
without authentication, and have
user privilege level 3 after login.
Optional
See "Configuring common settings
for console login (optional)."
Remarks
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—
Required
By default, you can log in to the
device through the console port
without authentication and have
user privilege level 3 after login.
Required
By default, no local password is
set.
Optional
See "Configuring common settings
for console login (optional)."