Enable Admin - Allied Telesis AT-9724TS Reference Manual

enable admin

Purpose
Syntax
Description
Parameters
Restrictions
Example usage:
To enable administrator privileges on the Switch:
config admin local_enable
Purpose
Syntax
Description
Parameters
Restrictions
Example usage:
To configure the password for the "local_enable" authentication method:
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Used to promote user level privileges to administrator level privileges.
enable admin
This command is for users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level, to become promoted
to the administrator level.After logging on to the Switch users, will have only user level privileges.To gain access
to administrator level privileges, the user will enter this command and will have to enter an authentication
password. Possible authentication methods for this function include TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+, RADIUS,
user defined server groups, local enable (local account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because
XTACACS and TACACS do not support the enable function, the user must create a special account on the
server host which has the username "enable", and a password configured by the administrator that will support
the "enable" function.This function becomes inoperable when the authentication policy is disabled.
None.
Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
AT-9724TS:4# enable admin
P a s s w o r d : * * * * * *
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Used to configure the local enable password for administrator level privileges.
config admin local_enable
This command will configure the locally enabled password for the enable admin command.When a user
chooses the "local_enable" method to promote user level privileges to administrator privileges, he or she will
be prompted to enter the password configured here, that is set locally on the Switch.
<password 15> – After entering this command, the user will be prompted to enter the old password, then a
new password in an alphanumeric string of no more than 15 characters, and finally prompted to enter the new
password again to confirm. See the example below.
Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
AT-9724TS:4# config admin local_enable
Command: config admin local_enable
Enter the old password: ******
Enter the case-sensitive new password:******
Enter the new password again for confirmation:******
S u c c e s s .
A T - 9 7 2 4 T S : 4 #
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