Configure Line Properties

The device supports up to one Console port user and 16 Telnet or SSH users to log in at the same time. Line commands can set different authentication and authorization properties for the login users.

Configuration Condition

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Enter Line Configuration Mode of Console Port

To configure the Console port properties, you need to enter the line configuration mode of the Console port.

Table 3-5 Entering the Line Configuration Mode of the Console Port

Enter the Line Configuration Mode of the Telnet or SSH User

To configure the Telnet or SSH properties, you need to enter the line configuration mode of Telnet of SSH.

Table 3-6 Entering the Line Configuration Mode of the Telnet or SSH User

Configure Absolute Time for Login User Operation

The absolute time for the login user operation refer to the timeout time from the successful login of a user to the automatic exit of the user, in the unit of minute. If the absolute time is set to 0, it indicates that the time is not limited. By default, the time is 0. In addition, five seconds before the configured time expires, the following prompt message is displayed: Line timeout expired.

Table 3-7 Configuring the Absolute Time for the Login User Operation

Configure Privilege Level of Login User

Configure the privilege level of the login user. The default privilege level is 1. A user can execute only the commands with the level equal to or smaller than the current level.

Table 3-8 Configuring the Privilege Level of the Login User

Configure Access Control List

Set the access control list of the user. Only the hosts permitted by the access control list can log into the device.

Table 3-9 Configure the line access control list

Configure Users to Automatically Execute Commands after Login

Configure the commands to be automatically executed after users successfully log in. By default, no command is to be automatically executed.

Table 3-10 Configuring the Commands to be Automatically Executed after Successful Login

Configure Auto Command Execution Options

You can configure delay time for auto commands, and configure whether to disconnect the user connection after the commands are executed automatically. By default, the command execution is not delayed, and the user connection is disconnected after the commands are executed automatically.

The auto command execution options include delay and whether to disconnect the user connection after command execution.

Table 3-11 Configuring Auto Command Execution Options

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  The autocommand-option command is valid only after the autocommand function is configured.

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Configure Login User Idle Timeout Time

If the time in which login user does not perform any operation on the device is longer than the idle timeout time, the device make the current login user to log out. The default idle timeout exit time is 5 minutes. If the time is set to 0, then idle timeout does not take effect.

Table 3-12 Configuring the Idle Timeout Exit Time

Configure the Line Password

Use 0 and 7 to indicate whether the line password is in plain text or cipher text. 0 indicates that the password is in plain text while 7 indicates that the password is in cipher text. In interaction mode, only plain-text password is allowed. That is, in this mode, parameter value 0 is used.

Table 3-13 Configuring the Line Password

Configure the Login Authentication Mode

The device supports the following login authentication modes:

• Login password authentication mode: Uses line password authentication.
• Login aaa authentication mode: Uses the AAA authentication.
• No login indicates that no authentication is required for login.
• By default, the no login authentication mode is used for Telnet, and the local user authentication mode is used for SSH.

Table 3-14 Configuring the Login Authentication Mode

Configure the User Login Timeout Time

During login, if the wait time for the user to input the user name or password times out, the system prompts that the login fails. By default, the login timeout time is 30 seconds. To modify the wait timeout time, use this function.

Table 3-15 Configuring the User Login Wait Timeout Time