User Authentication Commands
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username
This command adds named users, requires authentication at login, specifies or
changes a user's password (or specify that no password is required), or specifies or
changes a user's access level. Use the
no
form to remove a user name.
Syntax
username
name
{
access-level
level
|
nopassword
|
password
{
0
|
7
}
password
}
no username
name
•
name
- The name of the user.
(Maximum length: 8 characters, case sensitive. Maximum users: 16)
•
access-level
level
- Specifies the user level.
The device has two predefined privilege levels:
0
: Normal Exec,
15
: Privileged Exec.
•
nopassword
- No password is required for this user to log in.
• {
0
|
7
} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password.
•
password
password
- The authentication password for the user.
(Maximum length: 8 characters plain text, 32 encrypted, case sensitive)
Default Setting
• The default access level is Normal Exec.
• The factory defaults for the user names and passwords are:
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Command Usage
The encrypted password is required for compatibility with legacy password
settings (i.e., plain text or encrypted) when reading the configuration file during
system bootup or when downloading the configuration file from a TFTP server.
There is no need for you to manually configure encrypted passwords.
Example
This example shows how the set the access level and password for a user.
Table 25-3 Default Login Settings
username
access-level
password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin
Console(config)#username bob access-level 15
Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith
Console(config)#
Summary of Contents for 8926EM
Page 6: ...ii ...
Page 34: ...Getting Started ...
Page 44: ...Introduction 1 10 1 ...
Page 62: ...Initial Configuration 2 18 2 ...
Page 64: ...Switch Management ...
Page 76: ...Configuring the Switch 3 12 3 ...
Page 118: ...Basic Management Tasks 4 42 4 ...
Page 164: ...User Authentication 6 28 6 ...
Page 176: ...Access Control Lists 7 12 7 ...
Page 284: ...Quality of Service 14 8 14 ...
Page 294: ...Multicast Filtering 15 10 15 ...
Page 300: ...Domain Name Service 16 6 16 ...
Page 310: ...Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol 17 10 17 ...
Page 320: ...Configuring Router Redundancy 18 10 18 ...
Page 344: ...IP Routing 19 24 19 ...
Page 356: ...Unicast Routing 20 12 20 Web Click Routing Protocol RIP Statistics Figure 20 5 RIP Statistics ...
Page 386: ...Unicast Routing 20 42 20 ...
Page 388: ...Command Line Interface ...
Page 400: ...Overview of the Command Line Interface 21 12 21 ...
Page 466: ...SNMP Commands 24 16 24 ...
Page 520: ...Access Control List Commands 26 18 26 ...
Page 546: ...Rate Limit Commands 30 2 30 ...
Page 612: ...VLAN Commands 34 24 34 ...
Page 626: ...Class of Service Commands 35 14 35 ...
Page 670: ...DHCP Commands 39 16 39 ...
Page 716: ...IP Interface Commands 41 36 41 ...
Page 768: ...IP Routing Commands 42 52 42 ...
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