COMMAND LINE INTERFACE
Syntax
username name
no username name
•name - The name of the user.
(Maximum length: 8 characters, case sensitive. Maximum
users: 16)
•
•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:
username |
| password |
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guest | 0 | guest |
admin | 15 | admin |
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Command Mode
Global Configuration
Command Usage
The encrypted password is required for compatibility with legacy password settings (i.e., plain text or encrypted) when reading the configuration file during system bootup or when downloading the configuration file from a TFTP server. There is no need for you to manually configure encrypted passwords.
