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Controlling Management Access to the ProCurve Secure Router
Using the AAA Subsystem to Control Management Access
Table 2-3. Default Action if No Named List Is Configured
Options for AAA Authentication: Configuring Banners,
Messages, and Prompts
To help users log in to the ProCurve Secure Router successfully, you can
customize the following:
■ banner
■ message that is displayed when a login attempt fails
■ password prompt
■ username prompt
To configure these displays, you use the following command syntax:
Syntax: aaa authentication [banner <banner>| fail-message <message> | password-
prompt <prompt> | username-prompt <prompt>]
Configuring a Banner. A banner is displayed before a user attempts to log
in to the router. By default, the following banner is displayed:
User Access Verification
To configure a banner, move to the global configuration mode context and
enter the aaa authentication banner command followed by any character
that signals the beginning of the banner text. For example, you might enter
the
@ character, as shown below:
ProCurve(config)# aaa authentication banner @
You can then type the banner that you want to display. To end the banner, you
must enter the same character that you used to signal the beginning of the
banner. For example, you might enter:
Only authorized users allowed@
Access Authentication Method
console access no password required
Telnet access Telnet password
FTP access local user list
HTTP access local user list
SSH access local user list