Huawei V300R005 - Configuring User Authentication

Quidway NetEngine80
Configuration Guide - Basic Configurations 5 User Management
Issue 04 (2009-12-20) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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user-interface vty number1 [ number2 ]
The VTY user interface view is displayed.
Step 3 Run:
shell
VTY terminal service is enabled.
Step 4 Run:
idle-timeout minutes [ seconds ]
User disconnection after timeout is enabled.
Step 5 Run:
screen-length screen-length
The screen length of the terminal screen is set.
Step 6 Run:
history-command max-size size-value
Step 7 Set the size of the history command buffer.
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5.4.6 Configuring User Authentication
Three authentication modes are available on a router:
z
AAA authentication: requires the user name and password.
z
Password authentication: requires no user name but a password must be set. Otherwise,
the user cannot log in to the router through console interface.)
z
None: requires neither user name nor password. No authentication is needed when the
user logs in to the router.
Configuring AAA Authentication
Do as follows on the router:
Step 1 Run:
system-view
The system view is displayed.
Step 2 Run:
user-interface vty number1 [ number2 ]
The VTY user interface view is displayed.
Step 3 Run:
authentication-mode aaa
Set the authentication mode as AAA.