Managing Administrator Authentication

You can use either J-Web Quick Configuration or a configuration editor to manage system functions, including RADIUS and TACACS+ servers, and user login accounts.

Note: In this chapter, user authentication refers to administrator authentication. For information about firewall user authentication, see the Junos OS Security Configuration Guide.

For more information about system management, see the Junos System Basics Configuration Guide.

For information about which devices support the features documented in this chapter, see the Junos OS Feature Support Reference for SRX Series and J Series Devices.

This chapter contains the following topics.

• User Authentication Terms
• User Authentication Overview
• Before You Begin
• Managing User Authentication
• Managing User Authentication with a Configuration Editor
• Securing the Console Port
• Accessing Remote Devices with the CLI
• Configuring Password Retry Limits for Telnet and SSH Access
• Reverse Telnet
• Recovering the Root Password (SRX Series)
• Recovering the Root Password (J Series)