Overview – HP 4100GL User Manual

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Configuring Username and Password Security
Overview

Overview

Feature

Default

Menu

CLI

Web

Set Usernames

no user names set

page 1-6

Set a Password

no passwords set page 1-4

page 1-5

page 1-6

Delete Password

n/a

page 1-4

page 1-6

page 1-6

Protection

Console access includes both the menu interface and the CLI. There are two
levels of console access: Manager and Operator. For security, you can set a
password pair

(username and password) on each of these levels.

N o t e

Usernames are optional. Also, in the menu interface, you can configure

passwords, but not usernames. To configure usernames, use the CLI or the
web browser interface.

Level Actions

Permitted

Manager:

Access to all console interface areas.
This is the default level. That is, if a Manager password has not been set prior
to starting the current console session, then anyone having access to the
console can access any area of the console interface.

Operator:

Access to the Status and Counters menu, the Event Log, and the CLI*, but no
Configuration capabilities.
On the Operator level, the configuration menus, Download OS, and Reboot
Switch options in the Main Menu are not available.

*Allows use of the ping, link-test, show, menu, exit, and logout commands, plus the enable
command if you can provide the Manager password.

To configure password security:

1.

Set a Manager password pair (and an Operator password pair, if applicable
for your system).

2.

Exit from the current console session. A Manager password pair will now
be needed for full access to the console.

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