SMC Networks 10/100 manual Username Access-level Password Guest Admin

COMMAND LINE INTERFACE

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-levellevel - 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:

username	access-level	password
guest	0	guest
admin	15	admin

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.

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