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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.
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.
• Specifying the simple keyword saves the password in plain text, which is less secure than specifyin
g
the
cipher keyword, which saves the password in cipher text.
• If the user logs in from the AUX user interface (the console port), the user can switch the privilege
level
to a higher level even if the authentication mode is local and no password
for user privile
g
e level switch
is configured.
Switching the user privilege level
Follow the step 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 switch, 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 6 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 changes
local
Local user privilege level
switch password (configured
on the switch)
—
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
—
none/password
scheme local
Username and password for
privilege level switch
Local user privilege level switch
password
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