3Com 4200G 12-Port Configuration Manual page 33

Configuration Example
Console Port Login Configuration with Authentication Mode Being Password
Table 16 Console port login configuration with the authentication mode being password
Operation
Make terminal services
available to the user
interface
Set the maximum number
of lines the screen can
contain
Set history command
buffer size
Set the timeout time for
the user interface
Note that the level the commands of which are available to users logging into a
switch depends on both the authentication-mode { password | scheme | none }
and the user privilege level level command, as listed in Table 17.
Table 17 Determine the command level (B)
Authentication User type
mode
Local authentication Users logging into
(authentication-mode the AUX user
password) interface
Network requirements
Assume that you are a level 3 VTY user and want to perform the following
configuration for users logging in through the Console port:
Authenticate users logging in through the Console port using the local password.
■
Set the local password to 123456 (in plain text).
■
The commands of level 2 are available to users logging into the AUX user
■
interface.
The baud rate of the Console port is 19,200 bps.
■
The screen can contain up to 30 lines.
■
Command
shell
screen-length screen-length
history-command max-size
value
idle-timeout minutes [
seconds ]
Scenario
Command
The user privilege level level
command not executed
The user privilege level level
command already executed
Description
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.
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 3
Determined by
the level
argument
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