FW 08.01.00 McDATA E/OS Command Line Interface User Manual (620-000134-740, November 2005)

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E/OS Command Line Interface User Manual
Logging In and Logging Out
simplesecret****
This is an example of a secret that does not use any special characters.
\40\72\A3\F9\12\13\14\15\16\17\18\19\55\33\87\42
This is an example of a secret of length 4 that is configured using the
hexadecimal representation.
a9p\40\40xx\44\88kutfe\89h
This is an example of a secret that has a length of 7 characters that are
composed of a mix using hexadecimal and the printable ASCII
characters.
login
Syntax login
Purpose This command allows a Telnet client to connect to the switch.
Description This command allows the user to log in with either administrator or
operator access rights. The default passwords are password.
The login command is called automatically by the CLI each time a
new Telnet session is activated, as well as each time new
administrator access rights are configured.
After the login command is issued, the Username: prompt
automatically displays. After a valid user name is entered, the
Password: prompt automatically displays. After the corresponding
valid password is entered, the Root> prompt displays. At this
prompt the user may enter any of the commands included in
Table 1-2, CLI Command Tree, page 1-4.
When users are prompted to change the password when logging in,
they can enter the default password (password). This will be accepted.
However, at the next login, they will again be required to change the
password, if the default password is still being used. When the user
enters the default password when prompted to change the password,
the data portion of the security log entry for CLI login includes
“password not changed.”
A user name and password can be set by the administrator through
the config.security.authentication.user.add command or through the
config.security.authentication.user.modify command.