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Chapter 5 Configuring Additional Router Features

Creating and Modifying User Accounts and User Groups

DETAILED STEPS

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1
	configure	Enters global configuration mode.
	Example:
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# configure
Step 2
	username user-name	Creates a name for a new user (or identifies a current user)
		and enters username configuration submode.
	Example:	• The user-nameargument can be only one word. Spaces
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config)# username user1	and quotation marks are not allowed.
Step 3
	password {0 7} password	Specifies a password for the user named in Step 2.
	or	• Use the secret command to create a secure login
	secret {0 5} password	password for the user names specified in Step 2.
	Example:	• Entering 0 following the password command specifies
		that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# password 0	Entering 7 following the password command specifies
	pwd1	that an encrypted password follows.
	or
		• Entering 0 following the secret command specifies that
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# secret 5 pwd1
		a secure unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.
		Entering 5 following the secret command specifies that
		a secure encrypted password follows.
		• Type 0 is the default for the password and secret
		commands.
Step 4
	group group-name	Assigns the user named in Step 2 to a user group.
		• The user takes on all attributes of the user group, as
	Example:	defined by the user group association to various task
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# group sysadmin	groups.
		• Each user must be assigned to at least one user group.
		A user may belong to multiple user groups.
Step 5
	Repeat Step 4 for each user group to be associated with	—
	the user specified in Step 2.
Step 6
	commit	Saves configuration changes and activates them as part of
		the running configuration.
	Example:
	RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# commit

Related Documents

For more information on configuration and management of users and user access privileges, see the following Cisco documents:

Related Topic	Document Title
Create users, assign users to user groups, create and	Cisco IOS XR System Security Configuration Guide
modify user groups, and configure remote AAA access
	Cisco IOS XR Getting Started Guide
OL-10957-02		5-15