Router User's Guide

6. Security and Logins
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September 2002 9128-A2-GB20-80
Creating a Login
A login is required if security is enabled
.
Security is enabled by the configuration
options Login Required for the communication port, modem port, and Telnet Login
Required or FTP Login Required for a Telnet or FTP Session.
U
p to six login ID/password combinations can be created using ASCII text, and
each login must have a specified access level. Logins must be unique and they are
case-sensitive.
Procedure
To create a login record:
1. Select Administer Logins.
Main Menu
→
Control
→
Administer Logins
2. Select New, and set the following configuration options, as appropriate.
NOTE:
See
Resetting the Unit and Restoring Communication
in Chapter 8,
Troubleshooting
, should you be locked out inadvertently.
3. S
ave your changes.
When Save is complete, the cursor is repositioned at the Login ID field, ready
for another entry.
See
Configuring SNMP NMS Security
in Chapter 4,
Configuration Options,
for
more information about security configuration options.
In the field . . . Enter the . . .
Login ID ID of 1 to 10 characters.
Password Password from 1 to 10 characters.
Re-enter password Password again to verify that you entered the correct
password into the device.
Access Level Access level: 1, 2, or 3.
Level-1 – User can add, change, and display
configuration options, save, and perform device
testing.
Level-2 – User can monitor and perform
diagnostics, display status and configuration option
information.
Level-3 – User can only monitor and display status
and configuration screens.
CAUTION:
Make sure at least one login is set up for
Level-1 access or you may be inadvertently locked out.