Enabling Local Authentication; Setting The Login Password - Cisco WS-C4003 - Catalyst 4000 Chassis Switch Software Configuration Manual

Configuring Authentication

Enabling Local Authentication

Local login and enable authentication are enabled for both console and Telnet connections by default.
Note
You do not need to perform these tasks unless you want to modify the default configuration or you have
disabled local authentication.
To enable local authentication on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Step 1
Enable local login authentication. Use the console
or telnet keywords to enable local authentication
only for console or Telnet connection attempts.
Step 2
Enable local enable authentication. Use the
console or telnet keywords to enable local
authentication only for console or Telnet
connection attempts.
Step 3
Verify the local authentication configuration.
This example shows how to enable local login and enable authentication for both console and Telnet
connections and how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable) set authentication login local enable
local login authentication set to enable for console and telnet session.
Console> (enable) set authentication enable local enable
local enable authentication set to enable for console and telnet session.
Console> (enable) show authentication
Login Authentication:
---------------------
tacacs
radius
kerberos
local
Enable Authentication: Console Session
---------------------- ----------------- ----------------
tacacs
radius
kerberos
local
Console> (enable)

Setting the Login Password

The login password controls access to the user mode CLI. Passwords are case sensitive, can contain up
to 30 characters, and use any printable ASCII characters, including a space.
Passwords set in releases prior to software release 5.4 remain non-case sensitive. You must reset the
Note
password after installing release 5.4 to activate case sensitivity.
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Command
set authentication login local enable [all |
console | http | telnet]
set authentication enable local enable [all |
console | http | telnet]
show authentication
Console Session Telnet Session
---------------- ----------------
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Telnet Session
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
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