Setting passwords for management privilege levels
You can set one password for each of the following management privilege levels:
- Super User level - Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally for system administrators and is the only management privilege level that allows you to configure passwords.
- Port Configuration level - Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global (system-wide) parameters.
- Read Only level - Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and User EXEC mode of the CLI but only with read access.
You can assign a password to each management privilege level. You also can configure up to 16 user accounts consisting of a user name and password, and assign each user account to one of the three privilege levels. Refer to Local user accounts.
NOTE
You must use the CLI to assign a password for management privilege levels. You cannot assign a password using the Web Management Interface.
If you configure user accounts in addition to privilege level passwords, the device will validate a user access attempt using one or both methods (local user account or privilege level password), depending on the order you specify in the authentication-method lists. Refer to Authentication-method lists.
Follow the steps given below to set passwords for management privilege levels.