System Management Commands 4

Example

Console(config)#hostname RD#1

Console(config)#

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 4-9), user authentication via a remote authentication server (page 4-68),and host access authentication for specific ports (page 4-78).

Table 4-9 User Access Commands

Command

Function

Mode

Page

 

 

 

 

username

Establishes a user name-based authentication system at login

GC

4-25

 

 

 

 

enable password

Sets a password to control access to the Privileged Exec level

GC

4-26

 

 

 

 

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-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:

Table 4-10 Default Login Settings

username

access-level

password

 

 

 

guest

0

guest

admin

15

admin

 

 

 

4-25