Configuring Accounting for Administrative Users 59Although MSS allows you to configure a user password for the special“last-resort” guest user, the password has no effect. Last-resort users cannever access a WX in administrative mode and never require a password.Adding and ClearingLocal Users forAdministrative AccessUsernames and passwords can be stored locally on the WX switch. 3Comrecommends that you enforce console authentication after the initialconfiguration to prevent anyone with unauthorized access to the consolefrom logging in. The local database on the WX switch is the simplest wayto store user information in a 3Com system.To configure a user in the local database, type the following command:set user username password [encrypted] passwordFor example, to configure user Jose with the password spRin9 in the localdatabase on the WX switch, type the following command:WX1200# set user Jose password spRin9success: User Jose createdTo clear a user from the local database, type the following command:clear user usernameConfiguringAccounting forAdministrativeUsersAccounting allows you to track network resources. Accounting recordscan be updated for three important events: when the user is firstconnected, when the user roams from one MAP to another, and whenthe user terminates his or her session. The default for accounting is off.To configure accounting for administrative logins, use the followingcommand:set accounting {admin | console} {user-glob}{start-stop | stop-only} method1 [method2] [method3][method4]set accounting {admin | console} {user-glob}{start-stop | stop-only} method1 [method2] [method3][method4]To configure accounting for administrative logins over the network atEXAMPLE, enter the following command:set accounting admin EXAMPLE\*{start-stop | stop-only} aaa-method
