R3166-R3206-HP High-End Firewalls Getting Started Guide-6PW101

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Configuring password authentication for console login
Configuration prerequisites
You have logged in to the device.
By default, you can log in to the device through the console port without authentication and have user
privilege level 3 after login. For information about logging in to the device with the default configuration,
see “Configuration requirements.”
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure password authentication for console login:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Enter console user interface view
user-interface console first-number
[ last-number ]
—
Configure the authentication mode
as local password authentication
authentication-mode password
Required
By default, you can log in to the
device through the console port
without authentication and have
user privilege level 3 after login.
Set the local password
set authentication password
{ cipher | simple } password
Required
By default, no local password is
set.
Configure common settings for
console login
—
Optional
See “Configuring common settings
for c
onsole login (optional).”
When you log in to the device through the console port after configuration, you are prompted to enter a
login password. A prompt such as <HP> appears after you input the password and press Enter, as shown
in Figure 15.