R3204P16-HP Load Balancing Module System Management Configuration Guide-6PW101

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To do… Use the command… Remarks
Configure the password for user
privilege level switch
super password [ level user-level ]
{ simple | cipher } password
Required if the authentication
mode is set to local (specify the
local keyword when setting the
authentication mode)
By default, no privilege level switch
password is configured.
CAUTION:
• If no user privilege level is specified when you configure the password for switching the user privilege
level with the super password command, the user privilege level defaults to 3.
• If you specify the simple keyword, the password is saved in the confi
g
uration file in plain text, which is
easy to be stolen. If you specify the cipher keyword, the password is saved in the configuration file in
cipher text, which is safer.
• If the user lo
g
s in from the console user interface (the console port or the AUX port used as the console
port), the privilege level can be switched to a higher level, although the authentication mode is local,
and no user privilege level password is configured.
Switching the user privilege level
Follow these steps to switch the user privilege level:
To do… Use the command…
Remarks
Switch the user
privilege level
super [ level ]
Required
When logging in to the device, a user has a user privilege level,
which depends on user interface or authentication user level.
Available in user view.
When you switch the user privilege level, the information you need to provide varies with combinations
of the user interface authentication mode and the super authentication mode.
Table 20 Information input for user privilege level switch
User interface
authentication
mode
User privilege level
switch authentication
mode
Information input for the
first authentication mode
Information input after the
authentication mode
chan
g
es
none/password
local
Local user privilege level
switch password (configured
on the device)
—
local scheme
Local user privilege level
switch password
Username and password for
privilege level switch
(configured on the AAA server)
scheme
Username and password for
privilege level switch
—
scheme local
Username and password for
privilege level switch
Local user privilege level switch
password