3Com 5500 Switch User Manual


 
14 CHAPTER 1: LOGIN CONFIGURATION GUIDE
# Set the history command buffer size to 20 for VTY 0.
[3Com-ui-vty0] history-command max-size 20
# Set the idle-timeout time of VTY 0 to 6 minutes.
[3Com-ui-vty0] idle-timeout 6
Configure an authentication mode for Telnet login
The following three authentication modes are available for Telnet login: none,
password, and scheme.
The configuration procedures for the three authentication modes are described
below:
1 Configure not to authenticate Telnet users on VTY 0.
[3Com] user-interface vty 0
[3Com-ui-vty0] authentication-mode none
2 Configure password authentication for Telnet login on VTY 0, and set the
password to 123456 in plain text.
[3Com] user-interface vty 0
[3Com-ui-vty0] authentication-mode password
[3Com-ui-vty0] set authentication password simple 123456
3 Configure local authentication in scheme mode for login users.
# Create a local user named guest and enter local user view.
[3Com] local-user guest
# Set the authentication password to 123456 in plain text.
[3Com-luser-guest] password simple 123456
# Set the service type to Telnet and the user level to 2 for the user guest.
[3Com-luser-guest] service-type telnet level 2
[3Com-luser-guest] quit
# Enter VTY 0 user interface view.
[3Com] user-interface vty 0
# Set the authentication mode to scheme for Telnet login on VTY 0.
[3Com-ui-vty0] authentication-mode scheme
[3Com-ui-vty0] quit
# Specify the domain system as the default domain, and configure the domain to
adopt local authentication in scheme mode.
[3Com] domain default enable system
[3Com] domain system
[3Com-isp-system] scheme local