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Table 79 Telnet configuration with the authentication mode being password (Continued)
Operation Command
Configure to authentication-mode password
authenticate users
logging into VTY user
interfaces using the
local password
Set the local password set authentication password
{ cipher | simple } password
Configure the user privilege level level
command level
available to users
logging into the user
interface
Configure the protocol protocol inbound { all | ssh |
to be supported by the telnet }
user interface
Make terminal services shell
available
Set the maximum screen-length screen-length
number of lines the
screen can contain
Set the history history-command max-size
command buffer size value
Set the timeout time of idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ] Optional
the user interface
Note that if you configure to authenticate the users in the password mode, the
command level available to users logging into a switch depends on both the
authentication-mode { password | scheme | none } command and the user
privilege level level command, as listed in Table 80
Table 80 Determine the command level when users logging into switches are authenticated
in the password mode
Scenario
Authentication mode
Password
(authentication-mode
password)
User type Command
VTY users The user privilege level
level command not executed
The user privilege level
level command already
executed
Description
Required
Required
Optional
By default, commands of level 0 are
available to users logging into VTY
user interface.
Optional
By default, both Telnet protocol
and SSH protocol are supported.
Optional
By default, terminal services are
available in all user interfaces.
Optional
By default, the screen can contain
up to 24 lines.
You can use the screen-length 0
command to disable the function to
display information in pages.
Optional
The default history command
buffer size is 10. That is, a history
command buffer can store up to 10
commands by default.
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