Protecting Access To Privileged Exec Commands; Default Password And Privilege Level Configuration - Cisco ME 3400G-2CS - Ethernet Access Switch Software Configuration Manual

Protecting Access to Privileged EXEC Commands

Protecting Access to Privileged EXEC Commands
A simple way of providing terminal access control in your network is to use passwords and assign
privilege levels. Password protection restricts access to a network or network device. Privilege levels
define what commands users can enter after they have logged into a network device.
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this section, see the Cisco IOS
Security Command Reference, Release 12.2.
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Default Password and Privilege Level Configuration

Table 7-1
Table 7-1 Default Password and Privilege Levels
Feature
Enable password and privilege level
Enable secret password and privilege level
Line password
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Default Password and Privilege Level Configuration, page 7-2
Setting or Changing a Static Enable Password, page 7-3
Protecting Enable and Enable Secret Passwords with Encryption, page 7-4
Disabling Password Recovery, page 7-5
Setting a Telnet Password for a Terminal Line, page 7-6
Configuring Username and Password Pairs, page 7-7
Configuring Multiple Privilege Levels, page 7-8
shows the default password and privilege level configuration.
Default Setting
No password is defined. The default is level 15 (privileged EXEC level).
The password is not encrypted in the configuration file.
No password is defined. The default is level 15 (privileged EXEC level).
The password is encrypted before it is written to the configuration file.
No password is defined.
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