Cisco WS-X6066-SLB-APC - Content Switching Module Software Manual page 424

Configuring Authentication
Enabling Local Authentication
Local login and enable authentication are enabled for both console and Telnet connections by default.
Note
You do not need to perform this task unless you want to modify the default configuration or you have
disabled local authentication.
To enable local authentication on the switch, perform this task in privileged mode:
Task
Step 1
Enable local login authentication on the switch.
Enter the console or telnet keyword if you want to
enable local authentication only for console port
or Telnet connection attempts.
Step 2 Enable local enable authentication on the switch.
Enter the console or telnet keyword if you want to
enable local authentication only for console port
or Telnet connection attempts.
Step 3 Verify the local authentication configuration.
This example shows how to enable local login, how to enable authentication for both console and Telnet
connections, and how to verify the configuration:
Console> (enable) set authentication login local enable
local login authentication set to enable for console and telnet session.
Console> (enable) set authentication enable local enable
local enable authentication set to enable for console and telnet session.
Console> (enable) show authentication
Login Authentication:
---------------------
tacacs
radius
kerberos
local
Enable Authentication: Console Session
---------------------- ----------------- ----------------
tacacs
radius
kerberos
local
Console> (enable)
Setting the Login Password
The login password controls access to the user mode CLI. Passwords are case sensitive, contain up to
19 characters, and use any printable character, including a space.
Passwords set in releases prior to software release 5.4 remain non-case sensitive. You must reset the
Note
password after installing software release 5.4 to activate case sensitivity.
Catalyst 6000 Family Software Configuration Guide—Releases 6.3 and 6.4
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Command
set authentication login local enable [all |
console | http | telnet]
set authentication enable local enable [all |
console | http | telnet]
show authentication
Console Session Telnet Session
---------------- ----------------
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
Telnet Session
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
disabled disabled
enabled(primary) enabled(primary)
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