3Com Switch 4800G 24-Port Configuration Manual page 53

Configuration Example
Telnet Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
To do...
Set the timeout time of the
user interface
Note that if you configure to authenticate the users in the password mode, the
command level available to users logging in to a switch depends on both the
authentication-mode password command and the user privilege level level
command, as listed in Table 14.
Table 14 Determine the command level when users logging in to switches are
authenticated in the password mode
Scenario
Authentication
mode User type Command
Password VTY users
(authentication-mode
password)
Network requirements
Assume that you are a level 3 AUX user and want to perform the following
configuration for Telnet users logging in to VTY 0:
Authenticate users logging in to VTY 0 using the local password.
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Set the local password to 123456 (in plain text).
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Commands of level 2 are available to users logging in to VTY 0.
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Telnet protocol is supported.
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The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
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The history command buffer can contain up to 20 commands.
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The timeout time of VTY 0 is 6 minutes.
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Network diagram
Figure 11 Network diagram for Telnet configuration (with the authentication mode being
password)
RS-232
Configuration cable
PC
Use the command...
idle-timeout minutes
[ seconds ]
The user privilege level level
command not executed
The user privilege level level
command already executed
Console port
Switch
Remarks
Optional
The default timeout time of a user
interface is 10 minutes.
With the timeout time being 10
minutes, the connection to a user
interface is terminated if no
operation is performed in the user
interface within 10 minutes.
You can use the idle-timeout 0
command to disable the timeout
function.
Command level
Level 0
Determined by the
level argument
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