System Management 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 spec ifies 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}passwor d}
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 c onfiguration 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 to set the access level and password for a user.
Table4-10 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)#