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Chapter5 Configuring Additional Router Features
Creating and Modifying User Accounts and User Groups
Configuring User Accounts
User accounts, user groups, and task groups are created by entering the appropriate commands in one of
the “AAA” configuration submodes, as shown in Figure5-1.
This section describes the process to configure usernames. For instructions to configure user groups, task
groups, and other AAA security features, see the Cisco IOS XR System Security Configuration Guide.
Figure 5-1 AAA Configuration Submodes
Creating Users and Assigning Groups
To create a user, assign a password, and assign the user to a group, perform the following procedure:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. configure
2. username user-name
3. password {0 | 7} password
or
secret {0 | 5} password
4. group group-name
5. Repeat Step 4 for each user group to be associated with the user specified in Step 2.
6. commit
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EXEC mode
Global configuration mode
AAA configuration submodes
Task group configuration submode
User group configuration submode
User login
taskgroup taskgroup-name
usergroup usergroup-name
username username Username configuration submode
(commands)