Configuring Password Authentication For Console Login - HP A7500 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring password authentication for console login

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
console login
When you log in to the device through the console port after configuration, you are prompted to enter a
login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you input the password and press Enter, as shown
in Figure 10.
requirements."
Use the command...
system-view
user-interface aux first-number
[ last-number ]
authentication-mode password
set authentication password
{ cipher | simple } password
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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)."