User Management Configuration; Configuring User Authentication Mode - 3Com 3C13636 Configuration Manual

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can upload or download files on the router from the remote, and a PPP user can access
the network via the PPP connection with the router.
The configuration of Telnet/HyperTerminal user will be introduced in this section. For
the configuration of FTP users, refer to the section "5.3 FTP Configuration" in "Chapter
5 File Management" of this module. For the configuration of PPP users, refer to V 2.41
Operation Manual – Security and V 2.41 Operation Manual – Link Layer Protocol.

7.2 User Management Configuration

The user management configuration includes:
Configure user authentication mode
Configure username and password
Configure user priority
Enable per-command accounting
The purpose of user authentication is to enable the legal users to log on and use the
router and prevent the illegal users from passing the authentication.

7.2.1 Configuring User Authentication Mode

By configuring the user authentication mode, you can set the authentication method
when a user accesses the router from the user interface specified in the view.
Perform the following configuration in user interface view.
Table 7-2 Configure the user authentication method
Enable user authentication
Disable user authentication
Restore the default authentication mode
The keyword none indicates not to authenticate users; password indicates to
authenticate the password but not the username; scheme indicates to authenticate to
use an
RADIUS/HWTACACS authentication scheme) as specified by the scheme command.
By default, the authentication mode is password for TTY (asynchronous interface),
VTY, and AUX user interfaces and is none for other user interfaces.
Telnet and terminal user authentications usually use the local authentication scheme.
Refer to V 2.41 Operation Manual – Security.
Operation
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authentication-mode { password |
scheme [ command-authorization ] }
authentication-mode none
undo authentication-mode
scheme (a local
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authentication scheme or