Dell PowerConnect B-RX - Displaying the SNMP Community String; Disabling Password Encryption; Specifying a Minimum Password Length; Setting up Local User Accounts

74 BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide
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Setting up local user accounts
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4. Enter no password at the prompt. (You cannot abbreviate this command.) This command will
cause the device to bypass the system password check.
5. Enter boot system flash primary at the prompt.
6. After the console prompt reappears, assign a new password.
Displaying the SNMP community string
If you want to display the SNMP community string, enter the following commands.
BigIron RX(config)# enable password-display
BigIron RX(config)# show snmp server
The enable password-display command enables display of the community string, but only in the
output of the show snmp server command. Display of the string is still encrypted in the startup
configuration file and running configuration. Enter the command at the global CONFIG level of the
CLI.
Disabling password encryption
When you configure a password, then save the configuration to the Brocade device’s flash memory,
the password is also saved to flash as part of the configuration file. By default, the passwords are
encrypted so that the passwords cannot be observed by another user who displays the
configuration file. Even if someone observes the file while it is being transmitted over TFTP, the
password is encrypted.
If you want to remove the password encryption, you can disable encryption by entering the following
command.
BigIron RX(config)# no service password-encryption
Syntax: [no] service password-encryption
Specifying a minimum password length
By default, the Brocade device imposes no minimum length on the Line (Telnet), Enable, or Local
passwords. You can configure the device to require that Line, Enable, and Local passwords be at
least a specified length.
For example, to specify that the Line, Enable, and Local passwords be at least 8 characters, enter
the following command.
BigIron RX(config)# enable password-min-length 8
Syntax: enable password-min-length <number-of-characters>
The <number-of-characters> can be from 1 – 48.
Setting up local user accounts
You can define up to 16 local user accounts on a device. User accounts regulate who can access
the management functions in the CLI using the following methods:
• Telnet access