DES-3550 Layer 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Local Enable Password
This window will configure the locally enabled password for the Enable Admin command.
When a user chooses the “Local_Enable” method to promote user level privileges to
administrator privileges, he or she will be prompted to enter the password configured here that
is locally set on the Switch.
To view the following window, click Management > Access Authentication Control >
Local Enable Password:
Figure 7- 17. Configure Local Enable Password window
To set the Local Enable Password, set the following parameters and click Apply.
Parameter Description
Old Local Enabled If a password was previously configured for this entry, enter it here in order
to change it to a new password.
New Local Enabled Enter the new password that you wish to set on the Switch to authenticate
users attempting to access Administrator Level privileges on the Switch. The
user may set a password of up to 15 characters.
Confirm Local
Enabled
Confirm the new password entered above. Entering a different password
here from the one set in the New Local Enabled field will result in a fail
message.
Enable Admin
This window is for users who have logged on to the Switch on the normal user level, and wish
to be promoted to the administrator level. After logging on to the Switch, users will have only
user level privileges. To gain access to administrator level privileges, the user will open this
window and will have to enter an authentication password. Possible authentication methods
for this function include
TACACS/XTACACS/TACACS+, user defined server groups, local
enable (local account on the Switch), or no authentication (none). Because XTACACS and
TACACS do not support the enable function, the user must create a special account on the
server host, which has the username “enable”, and a password configured by the administrator
that will support the “enable” function. This function becomes inoperable when the
authentication policy is disabled.
To view the following window, click Management > Access Authentication Control >
Enable Admin:
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