Quick Reference Guide

866 PowerConnect B-Series TI24X Configuration Guide
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Setting passwords
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Setting a Telnet password
By default, the device does not require a user name or password when you log in to the CLI using
Telnet. You can assign a password for Telnet access using one of the following methods.
Set the password “letmein” for Telnet access to the CLI using the following command at the global
CONFIG level.
PowerConnect(config)# enable telnet password letmein
Syntax: [no] enable telnet password <string>
Suppressing Telnet connection rejection messages
By default, if a device denies Telnet management access to the device, the software sends a
message to the denied Telnet client. You can optionally suppress the rejection message. When you
enable the option, a denied Telnet client does not receive a message from the device. Instead, the
denied client simply does not gain access.
To suppress the connection rejection message, use the following CLI method.
To suppress the connection rejection message sent by the device to a denied Telnet client, enter
the following command at the global CONFIG level of the CLI.
PowerConnect(config)# telnet server suppress-reject-message
Syntax: [no] telnet server suppress-reject-message
Setting passwords for management privilege levels
You can set one password for each of the following management privilege levels:
• Super User level – Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for
system administrators and is the only management privilege level that allows you to configure
passwords.
• Port Configuration level – Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global
(system-wide) parameters.
• Read Only level – Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode of the CLI but
only with read access.
You can assign a password to each management privilege level. You also can configure up to 16
user accounts consisting of a user name and password, and assign each user account to one of
the three privilege levels. Refer to “Setting up local user accounts” on page 870.
NOTE
You must use the CLI to assign a password for management privilege levels.
If you configure user accounts in addition to privilege level passwords, the device will validate a
user access attempt using one or both methods (local user account or privilege level password),
depending on the order you specify in the authentication-method lists. Refer to “Configuring
authentication-method lists” on page 907.
Follow the steps given below to set passwords for management privilege levels.