3com S7906E Reference Guide
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User interface aux0 is available.
Please press ENTER.
<Sysname>
%Apr 28 04:33:11:611 2005 Sysname SHELL/5/LOGIN: Console login from aux0
authentication-mode
Syntax
authentication-mode { none | password | scheme [ command-authorization ] }
View
User interface view
Default Level
3: Manage level
Parameters
none: Does not authenticate users.
password: Authenticates users using the local password.
scheme: Authenticates users locally or remotely using usernames and passwords.
command-authorization: Performs command authorization on TACACS authentication server.
Description
Use the authentication-mode command to specify the authentication mode.
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If you specify the password keyword to authenticate users using the local password, remember to
set the local password using the set authentication password { cipher | simple } password
command.
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If you specify the scheme keyword to authenticate users locally or remotely using usernames and
passwords, the actual authentication mode depends on other related configuration. Refer to the
AAA-RADIUS-HWTACACS module of this manual for more.
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If this command is executed with the command-authorization keywords specified, authorization
is performed on the TACACS server whenever you attempt to execute a command, and the
command can be executed only when you pass the authorization. Normally, a TACACS server
contains a list of the commands available to different users.