Command Reference Guide

18 ● authentication-mode 3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family
Command Reference
authentication-mode
Purpose Use the authentication-mode command to set the authentication mode at
login.
Use the authentication-mode none command to set the authentication mode
to none, that is, no authentication at login.
Use the undo authentication-mode command to restore the default.
Syntax authentication-mode { password | scheme [ command-authorization |
domain domain-name ] }
authentication-mode none
undo authentication-mode
Parameters password
Performs local password authentication.
scheme
Performs authorization and authentication of AAA.
command-authorization
Performs command line authorization. HWTACACS
allows per-command authorization. An input
command is executed only after it passes
authorization.
domain domain-name:
Sets domain name of the applied AAA domain. Valid
values are a string of 1 to 24 characters.
none
Performs no authentication.
Default By default, the authentication mode is password for TTY (asynchronous interface),
VTY, and AUX user interfaces and is none for other user interfaces.
Example Enable local password authentication.
[3Com-ui0] authentication-mode password
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ User Interface view
Description If the domain domain-name command is configured on a VTY or Console port, all
users who log onto the router through VTY or Console port will use the configured
domain to perform AAA. The default domain and the domain name information in
the username entered at login will become invalid. The configuration of this domain