Command Line Interface

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User Access Commands
The basic commands required for management access ar e listed in this section.
This switch also includes other options for password checking via the console or a
Telnet connection (page4-12), user authe ntication via a remote authentication
server (page 4-91), and host access authentication for specific ports (page 4-112).

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
Table4-10 User Access Comm ands
Command Function Mode Page
username Establishes a user name-based authentication system at login GC 4-38
enable password Sets a password to control access to the Privileged Exec level GC 4-39
Table4-11 Default Login Settings
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin