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username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
Syntax
username name [ access-class access-list-name ] [ nopassword | { password | secret }
[ encryption-type ] password ] [ privilege level ]
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
Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption type for the secret
option is 0.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
Usage
Information
To view the defined user names, use the show running-config user command.
Related
Commands
name
Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
access-class
access-list-name
Enter the keyword
access-class
followed by 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
followed by the
encryption-type
or the password.
secret
Enter the keyword
secret
followed by the
encryption-type
or the password.
encryption-type
Enter an encryption type for the
password
that you will enter.
• 0 directs FTOS to store the password as clear text. It is the default encryption
type when using the
password
option.
• 7 to indicate that a password encrypted using a DES hashing algorithm will
follow. This encryption type is available with the
password
option only.
• 5 to indicate that a password encrypted using an MD5 hashing algorithm will
follow. This encryption type is available with the
secret
option only, and is the
default encryption type for this option.
password
Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
privilege level
Enter the keyword
privilege
followed by a number from zero (0) to 15.
secret
Enter the keyword
secret
followed by the encryption type.
Version 8.3.17.0 Supported on M I/O Aggregator
service
password-encryp
tion Specifies a password for users on terminal lines.
show
running-config Views the current configuration.