Configuring the Switch
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Command Attributes
•Account List – Displays the current list of user accounts and associated access
levels. (Defaults: admin, and guest)
•New Account – Displays configuration settings for a new account.
-User Name – The name of the user.
(Maximum length: 8 characters; maximum number of users: 16)
-Access Level – Specifies the user level.
(Options: Normal and Privileged)
-Password – Specifies the user password.
(Range: 0-8 characters plain text, case sensitive)
•Change Password – Sets a new password for the specified user.
Web – Click Security, User Accounts. To configure a new user account, enter the
user name, access level, and password, then click Add. To change the password for
a specific user, enter the user name and new password, confirm the password by
entering it again, then click Apply.
Figure3-33 User Accounts
CLI – Assign a user name to access-level 15 (i.e., administrator), then specify the
password.
Console(config)#username bob access-level 15 4-27
Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith
Console(config)#