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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:
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.
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin