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Cisco ESW 520-24 enable Telnet login

I have a Cisco ESW 520-24 that works fine and I can access the web console from any IP on my network but I want to be able to access the switch using Telnet for quicker management. I've done about everything I can think to do to be able to login using telnet but it always gives me this error:

Bad user name or password or user has no privilege to enter the menu

There's only 1 user account added to the switch and I've created and enabled a profile that's supposed to allow login for that user using all management profiles. Telnet never asks for a username, just a password.

Any help would be a appreciated.

shadowmantx

Check under the heading "Configure Local User-Specific Passwords".

Here is link that describes the setup.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1818/products_configuration_example09186a0080204528.shtml

shadowmantx

You must setup the priveledge levels for each user. Setting to 1 might not be enough try raising the level until it will allow you to connect.

0 is the most restricted, while 15 is admin level.

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/security/configuration/guide/scfpass.html

BigDeer

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I don't currently have any terminal access to this switch at all...is it possible to configure this from the web console?

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