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104 ServerIron ADX Administration Guide
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Setting up local user accounts
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Disabling password encryption
When you configure a password, then save the configuration to the ServerIron’s flash memory, the
password is also saved to flash as part of the configuration file. By default, the passwords are
encrypted so that the passwords cannot be observed by another user who displays the
configuration file. Even if someone observes the file while it is being transmitted over TFTP, the
password is encrypted.
If you want to remove the password encryption, you can disable encryption by entering the following
command.
ServerIronADX(config)# no service password-encryption
Syntax: [no] service password-encryption
Specifying a minimum password length
By default, the ServerIron imposes no minimum length on the Line (Telnet), Enable, or Local
passwords. You can configure the device to require that Line, Enable, and Local passwords be at
least a specified length.
For example, to specify that the Line, Enable, and Local passwords be at least 8 characters, enter
the following command.
ServerIronADX(config)# enable password-min-length 8
Syntax: enable password-min-length <number-of-characters>
The <number-of-characters> can be from 1 – 48.
Setting up local user accounts
You can define up to 16 local user accounts on a ServerIron. User accounts regulate who can
access the management functions in the CLI using the following methods:
• Telnet access
• Web management access
• SNMP access
Local user accounts provide greater flexibility for controlling management access to ServerIrons
than do management privilege level passwords and SNMP community strings of SNMP versions 1
and 2. You can continue to use the privilege level passwords and the SNMP community strings as
additional means of access authentication. Alternatively, you can choose not to use local user
accounts and instead continue to use only the privilege level passwords and SNMP community
strings. Local user accounts are backward-compatible with configuration files that contain
privilege level passwords. Refer to “Setting passwords for management privilege levels” on
page 100.
If you configure local user accounts, you also need to configure an authentication-method list for
Telnet access, Web management access, and SNMP access. Refer to “Configuring
authentication-method lists” on page 136.
For each local user account, you specify a user name. You also can specify the following
parameters:
• A password