4 Command Line Interface

User Access Commands

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

Table 4-10 User Access Commands

Command

Function

Mode

Page

username

Establishes a user name-based authentication system at login

GC

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enable password

Sets a password to control access to the Privileged Exec level

GC

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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-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:

Table 4-11 Default Login Settings

username

access-level

password

guest

0

guest

admin

15

admin

 

 

 

Command Mode

Global Configuration

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