Dell C9000 series, Reference Manual

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Version Description
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information The software measures the period of inactivity defined in this command as the period
between consecutive keystrokes. For example, if your password is “password” you can
enter “p” and wait 29 seconds to enter the next letter.
username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
C9000 Series
Syntax
username name [access-class access-list-name ] [nopassword |
{password | secret | | sha256-password} [ encryption-type ]
password] [ privilege level ] [role role-name ]
If you do not want a specific user to enter a password, use the
nopassword
option.
To delete authentication for a user, use the
no username name
command.
Parameters
name Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
access-class
access-list-name
Enter the keywords
access-class
then the name of a
configured access control list (either an IP access control list or
MAC access control list).
nopassword Enter the keyword
nopassword
to specify that the user should
not enter a password.
password Enter the keyword
password
then the
encryption-type
or
the password.
secret Enter the keyword
secret
then the
encryption-type
or the
password.
encryption-type Enter an encryption type for the
password
that you enter.
•
0
directs the system to store the password as clear text. It
is the default encryption type when using the
password
option.
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