User Authentication 3

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.

Figure 3-33 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

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Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith

Console(config)#

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