3Com WX4400 Command Reference Manual page 236

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HAPTER OMMANDS
Defaults — By default, authentication is deactivated for all console
users, and the default authentication method in a console authentication
rule is none. MSS requires no username or password, by default. These
users can press Enter at the prompts for administrative access.
3Com recommends that you change the default setting unless the WX
switch is in a secure physical location.
Access — Enabled.
History —Introduced in MSS Version 3.0.
Usage — You can configure different authentication methods for
different groups of users. (For details, see "User Globs, MAC Address
Globs, and VLAN Globs" on page 28.)
If you specify multiple authentication methods in the set authentication
console command, MSS applies them in the order in which they appear
in the command, with these results:
If the first method responds with pass or fail, the evaluation is final.
If the first method does not respond, MSS tries the second method, and
so on.
However, if local appears first, followed by a RADIUS server group, MSS
ignores any failed searches in the local WX database and sends an
authentication request to the RADIUS server group.
Examples — To set the console port so that it does not enforce
username-password authentication for administrators, type the following
command:
WX4400# set authentication console * none
success: change accepted.
See Also
clear authentication console on page 209
display aaa on page 223
set authentication admin on page 233
set authentication dot1x on page 237
set authentication last-resort on page 240