FTOS Command Reference for the S-Series - Force10 Networks

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Use this command to define a password for a level and use the privilege level
(CONFIGURATION mode) command to control access to command modes.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
• Start with a letter, not a number.
login authentication
• Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a password with a
regular expression in it, you must use CNTL + v prior to entering regular expression. For
example, to create the password abcd]e, you type abcd CNTL v ]e and when the
password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v key combination and enter abcd]e.
login authentication
c e s Enable the AAA login authentication configured on the switch terminal lines.
Syntax login authentication {method-list-name | default}
Parameters
To use the local user database for login authentication, enter no login authentication.
Defaults No authentication is performed on the console lines, and local authentication is performed on
the virtual terminal and auxiliary lines.
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If you specify an encrypted password and then enter a clear text password, you cannot access
the EXEC privilege mode. When a password is encrypted, you cannot decipher it.
Note: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
show running-config View the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) Control access to command modes within the
E-Series.
method-list-name Enter the list-name to specify that method list, created in the aaa
authentication login command, is applied to the terminal line.
default Enter the keyword default to specify that the default method list, created
in the aaa authentication login command, is applied to the terminal line.
Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced for S-Series
Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced for C-Series
pre-Version 6.2.1.0 Introduced on E-Series
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