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level switch succeeds; for the user logged in from any of the AUX, TTY, or VTY user interfaces, the 
AAA authentication is performed. 
z  scheme local: First scheme and then local, that is, AAA authentication is performed first, and if 
the AAA configuration is invalid (domain parameters or authentication scheme are not configured) 
or the server does not respond, the authentication requiring the local password is performed. 
If the authentication mode for login users of the current user interface is set to none or password with 
the authentication-mode none or authentication-mode password command, the user does not 
need to input the username when logging in; therefore, if scheme authentication is required for the 
privilege level switch, the system prompts for the username and password (the username and the 
password must be the same with those configured on the AAA server); in other cases, no username is 
required. 
Follow these steps to switch the user privilege level: 
To do…  Use the command…  Remarks 
Enter system view 
system-view 
— 
Set the authentication mode for 
user privilege level switch 
super authentication-mode 
{
 local 
|
 scheme
 }
 
*
 
Optional 
local
 by default. 
Configure the password (used for 
the 
local
 authentication mode) for 
user privilege level switch 
super password 
[
 level 
user-level
 
] {
 simple 
|
 cipher
 } 
password 
Required 
By default, no password is 
configured. 
Exit to user view 
quit 
— 
Switch the user privilege level 
super
 [ level ] 
Required 
When logging in to the AP, a user 
has a user privilege level, which is 
decided by user interface or 
authentication user level.
 
 
 
z  When you configure the password for switching the user privilege level with the super password 
command, the user privilege level is 3 if no user privilege level is specified. 
z  The password for switching the user privilege level can be displayed in both cipher text and simple 
text. You are recommended to adopt the former as the latter is easily cracked. 
z  When the authentication mode is set to local, you need to configure the local password before 
switching a user to a higher user privilege level. 
z  When the authentication mode is set to scheme, you need to configure AAA related parameters 
before switching a user to a higher user privilege level. 
z  The timeout time of AAA authentication is 120 seconds, after that, the AAA authentication is 
considered as no response. 
z  The privilege level switch fails after three consecutive unsuccessful password attempts.