Login Authentication - Dell S6100 Configuration Manual

Version
8.3.19.0
8.3.11.1
8.3.7.0
7.6.1.0
7.5.1.0
pre-6.1.1.0
Usage Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to define a password for a level and use the privilege
level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
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Related Commands
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login authentication

To configure authentication for console or remote access, apply an authentication method list.
Syntax login authentication {method-list-name | default}
To use the local user/password database for login authentication, use the no login authentication
command.
Parameters
method-list-name
default
Defaults No authentication is performed on the console lines. Local authentication is performed on the virtual terminal and
auxiliary lines.
Command Modes LINE
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
1396 Security
Description
Introduced on the S4820T.
Introduced on the Z9000.
Introduced on the S4810.
Introduced on the S-Series.
Introduced on the C-Series.
Introduced on the E-Series.
Start with a letter, not a number.
Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a password with a regular expression in it,
use CNTL + v prior to entering regular expression. For example, to create the password abcd]e, you type
"abcd CNTL v ]e". When the password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v key combination and enter
"abcd]e".
NOTE: The question mark (?) is not a supported character.
show running-config — views the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode)
Enter the keywords method-list-name to specify that method list, created in the
aaa authentication login command, to be applied to the designated terminal
line.
Enter the keyword default to specify that the default method list, created in the aaa
authentication login command, is applied to the terminal line.
— controls access to the command modes within the switch.