52 CHAPTER 3: LOGGING IN THROUGH TELNET
Telnet Configuration 
with Authentication 
Mode Being Password
Configuration Procedure
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view  system-view - 
Enable the Telnet server 
function 
telnet server enable Required 
Enter one or more VTY user 
interface views 
user-interface vty 
first-number 
[ last-number ] 
- 
Configure to authenticate 
users logging in to VTY user 
interfaces using the local 
password 
authentication-mode 
password 
Required 
Set the local password  set authentication 
password { cipher | 
simple } password 
Required 
Configure the command level 
available to users logging in 
to the user interface 
user privilege level level Optional
By default, commands of level 0 
are available to users logging in to 
VTY user interface. 
Configure the protocol to be 
supported by the user 
interface 
protocol inbound { all | 
ssh | telnet } 
Optional
By default, both Telnet protocol 
and SSH protocol are supported. 
Set the command that is 
automatically executed when 
a user logs into the user 
interface 
auto-execute command 
text 
Optional
By default, no command is 
automatically executed when a 
user logs into a user interface. 
Define a shortcut key for 
aborting tasks 
escape-key { default | 
character } 
Optional
The default shortcut key 
combination for aborting tasks is < 
Ctrl+C >. 
Make terminal services 
available 
shell Optional
By default, terminal services are 
available in all user interfaces. 
Set the maximum number of 
lines the screen can contain 
screen-length 
screen-length 
Optional
By default, the screen can contain 
up to 24 lines.
You can use the 
screen-length 0 
command to disable the function 
to display information in pages. 
Set the history command 
buffer size 
history-command 
max-size value 
Optional
The default history command 
buffer size is 10. That is, a history 
command buffer can store up to 
10 commands by default.