Chapter 38 Access Control
XMG1930 Series User’s Guide
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Password Encryption
encrypts all passwords in the configuration file. However, if you want to show some
passwords as plain text in the configuration file, select them as below.
Note: Be careful who can access configuration files with plain text passwords!
•
Authentication
information configured for
Authentication
in the
Advanced Application
>
AAA
>
AAA
Setup
screen (
Method 1
/
2
/
3
setting in the
Privilege Enable
and
Login
fields).
•
Authorization
information configured for
Authorization
in the
Advanced Application
>
AAA
>
AAA
Setup
screen (
Active
/
Console
/
Method
setting in the
Exec
and
Dot1x
fields).
•
Server
information configured for
Authentication Server
in the
Advanced Application
>
AAA
>
RADIUS
Server Setup
screen (
Mode
/
Timeout
fields).
•
System
account information configured in the Switch (admin, user login name, and password).
•
SNMP
user account information configured in the
Management
>
Access Control
>
SNMP
>
User
screen (password for SNMP user authentication in the
Authentication
field, and the password for the
encryption method for SNMP communication in the
Privacy
field).
Note: The passwords will appear as encrypted text when
Password Encryption
is
Active
.
Click
Management
>
Access Control
>
Account Security
to view the screen as shown next.
Click
Access Control
to return to the
Access Control
screen.
Figure 230
Management > Access Control > Account Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 169 Management > Access Control > Account Security
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Account Security
Password
Encryption
Select this check box to encrypt all passwords configured on the Switch. This displays the
password as encrypted text, in a saved configuration file.
Otherwise, the passwords configured on the Switch are displayed in plain text.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes for
Account Security
to the Switch’s run-time memory. The
Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the
Save
link on the top
navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done
configuring.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to begin configuring
Account Security
afresh.
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