HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual page 26

CAUTION:
If no user privilege level is specified when you configure the password for switching the user privilege
•
level with the super password command, the user privilege level defaults to 3.
Specifying the simple keyword saves the password in plain text, which is less secure than specifying the
•
cipher keyword, which saves the password in cipher text.
• If the user logs in from the AUX user interface (console port), the privilege level can be switched to a
higher level, although the authentication mode is local, and no user privilege level password is
configured.
Switching the user privilege level
Follow these steps to switch the user privilege level:
To do...
Switch the user privilege level
When you switch the user privilege level, the information you need to provide varies with combinations
of the user interface authentication mode and the super authentication mode.
Table 6 Information input for user privilege level switch
User interface
authentication
mode
none/password
scheme
Use the command...
super [ level ]
User privilege level
switch Information input for the
authentication first authentication mode
mode
Local user privilege level
local switch password (configured
on the switch)
Local user privilege level
local scheme
switch password
Username and password for
scheme
privilege level switch
Username and password for
scheme local
privilege level switch
Local user privilege level
local
switch password
Local user privilege level
local scheme
switch password
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Remarks
Required
When logging in to the switch, a
user has a user privilege level,
which depends on user interface or
authentication user level.
Available in user view.
Information input after the
authentication mode changes
—
Username and password for
privilege level switch (configured
on the AAA server)
—
Local user privilege level switch
password
—
Password for privilege level
switch (configured on the AAA
server). The system uses the
username used for logging in as
the privilege level switch
username.