Users Guide

Usage Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to dene a password for a level and use the
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
• Start with a letter, not a number.
• Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a password with a regular
expression in it, use CNTL + v prior to entering regular expression. For example, to create the password
abcd]e, you type “abcd CNTL v ]e”. When the password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v
key combination and enter “abcd]e”.
NOTE: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
Related Commands
show running-cong — views the current conguration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) — controls access to the command modes within the switch.
login authentication
To congure authentication for console or remote access, apply an authentication method list.
Syntax
login authentication {method-list-name | default}
To use the local user/password database for login authentication, use the no login authentication
command.
Parameters
method-list-name Enter the keywords method-list-name to specify that method list, created in
the aaa authentication login command, to be applied to the designated
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.
Defaults No authentication is performed on the console lines. Local authentication is performed on the virtual
terminal and auxiliary lines.
Command Modes LINE
Command History
This guide is platform-specic. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.6.0.0 Revised introductory and usage guidelines description.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
Security
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