Operation Manual – Login
Quidway S5600 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Chapter 2 Logging in through the Console Port
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Operation Command Description
Set the timeout time for
the user interface
idle-timeout minutes
[ seconds ]
Optional
The default timeout time of a
user interface is 10 minutes.
With the timeout time being 10
minutes, the connection to a
user interface is terminated if no
operation is performed in the
user interface within 10 minutes.
You can use the idle-timeout 0
command to disable the timeout
function.
Note that the command level available to users logging into a switch depends on the
service-type terminal [ level level ] command, as listed in
Table 2-9.
Table 2-9 Determine the command level
Scenario
Authentication
mode
User type Command
Command level
The service-type terminal
command does not specify
the available command
level.
Level 0
The default
command level of
local users is level
0.
authentication
-mode scheme
[ command-au
thorization ]
Users
logging into
the Console
port and
pass
AAA&RADI
US or local
authenticati
on
The service-type terminal
command specifies the
available command level.
Determined by the
command level
specified by the
service-type
terminal
command
2.6.2 Configuration Example
I. Network requirements
Assume that you are a level 3 VTY user and want to perform the following configuration
for users logging in through the Console port:
z Configure the name of the local user to be “guest”.
z Set the authentication password of the local user to 123456 (in plain text).
z Set the service type of the local user to Terminal.
z Configure to authenticate users logging in through the Console port in the scheme
mode.