Users Guide

local

Prompt for the system username and password.

none

Do not authenticate the user.

radius

Prompt for a username and password and use a RADIUS server to authenticate.

tacacs+

Prompt for a username and password and use a TACACS+ server to authenticate.

1 Configure an authentication method list. You may use a mnemonic name or use the keyword default.

The default authentication method for terminal lines is local and the default method list is empty.

CONFIGURATION mode

aaa authentication login {method-list-name | default} [method-1] [method-2]

[method-3] [method-4] [method-5] [method-6]

2 Apply the method list from Step 1 to a terminal line.

CONFIGURATION mode

3 If you used the line authentication method in the method list you applied to the terminal line, configure

a password for the terminal line.

LINE mode

password

Example of Terminal Line Authentication

In the following example, VTY lines 0 2 use a single authentication method, line.

Dell(conf)#aaa authentication login myvtymethodlist line

Dell(conf)#line vty 0 2

Dell(config-line-vty)#login authentication myvtymethodlist

Dell(config-line-vty)#password myvtypassword

Dell(config-line-vty)#show config

line vty 0

password myvtypassword

line vty 1

password myvtypassword

line vty 2

password myvtypassword

Dell(config-line-vty)#

Setting Time Out of EXEC Privilege

Mode

EXEC time-out is a basic security feature that returns Dell Networking OS to EXEC mode after a period of

inactivity on the terminal lines.

To set time out, use the following commands.

• Set the number of minutes and seconds. The default is 10 minutes on the console and 30 minutes on

VTY. Disable EXEC time out by setting the time-out period to

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