Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands
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Default Configuration
Default for level is 15.
Passwords are encrypted by default.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Passwords are encrypted by default. You only are required to use the encrypted
keyword when you are actually entering an encrypted keyword.
Example
The first command sets an unencrypted password for level 7 (it will be encrypted
in the configuration file).
The second command sets a password that has already been encrypted. It will
copied to the configuration file just as it is entered. To use it, the user must know its
unencrypted form.
console(config)#
enable password
level
7 let-me-in
console(config)#
enable password
level
15
encrypted
4b529f21c93d4706090285b0c10172eb073ffebc4
15.7
username
Use the username Global Configuration mode command to establish a
username-based authentication system. Use the no form to remove a user name.
Syntax
username
name
{nopassword | password password | privilege privilege-level |
unencrypted-password | encrypted encrypted-password}
username
name
no username
name
Parameters
•
name—The name of the user. (Range: 1–20 characters)
