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By default, log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user privilege level
3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration, see
“Configuration requirements.”
Procedure
To configure password authentication for console login:
Ste
p
Command Remarks
1. Enter system view.
system-view —
2. Enter AUX user interface view.
user-interface aux
first-number
[ last-number ]
—
3. Configure the authentication
mode as local password
authentication.
authentication-mode
password
Required.
By default, log in to the device through the
console port without authentication and have
user privilege level 3 after login.
4. Set the local password.
set authentication
password { cipher |
simple } password
Required.
By default, no local password is set.
5. Configure common settings
for AUX user interface view.
—
Optional.
See “Configuring common settings for console
login (optional).”
When you log in to the device through the console port after the configuration, you are prompted to enter a
login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you enter the password and press Enter, as shown
in Figure 8.
Figure 8 Configuration page