No Username or Password

[jarcna]

Sorry for flooding the forum, but i"m pretty new and I'm trying to learn as much as I can....do you guys know why when i console into a cisco 2950 switch it takes me right to the
switch>
Never asks me for a username or password. I would like to set it up that way, with telneting the say way. To get to configuration mode you need a password but still no username. Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[drbk563]

So what you are trying to say is you want to be able to telnet into the switch, and just have to enter the password and no username?

 

[vipergg]

Add a password to the console port.

conf t
lin con 0
password XXXXXX

 

[globalchicken]

the command
username me password me
will set up your local authentication database

you have to enable aaa new-model in global config mode.

go to line vty 0 4 and line con 0

use command aaa authentication local to configure these lines to use your local database as your source of authentication.