By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see “Configuration requirements.”
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure password authentication for console login:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter AUX user interface view
user-interface aux first-number
[ last-number ]
—
Configure the authentication mode
as local password authentication
authentication-mode password
Required
By default, you can log in to the
device through the console port
without authentication and have
user privilege level 3 after login.
Set the local password
set authentication password
{ cipher | simple } password
Required
By default, no local password is
set.
Configure common settings for
AUX user interface view
—
Optional
See “Configuring common settings
for console login (optional).”
When you log in to the device through the console port after configuration, you are prompted to enter a
login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you input the password and press Enter, as shown
in Figure 10.
Figure 10 Configuration page
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