Configuring Password Authentication for Console Access to PICs
By default, there is no password setting for console
access. To configure console access to the Physical Interface Cards
(PICs), include the pic-console-authentication statement
at the [edit system] hierarchy level:
[edit system] pic-console-authentication { (encrypted-password "password" | plain-text-password); }
encrypted-password "password"—Use Message Digest 5 (MD5) or other encrypted authentication.
Specify the MD5 or other password. You can specify only one encrypted
password.
You
cannot configure a blank password for encrypted-password using blank quotation marks (" "). You must configure a password
whose number of characters range from 1 through 128 characters and
enclose the password in quotation marks.
plain-text-password—Use a plain-text
password. The command-line interface (CLI) prompts you for the password
and then encrypts it. The CLI displays the encrypted version, and
the software places the encrypted version in its user database. You
can specify only one plain-text password.