Reference v4.1.0 Instruction Manual

1338 Network OS Command Reference
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username
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username
Configures a user account.
Synopsis username username password password role role_name [encryption-level {0 | 7}]
[desc description] [enable true | false]
no username name
Operands username Specifies the account login name.
password password Specifies the account password. The exclamation mark (!) is supported,
and you can specify the password in either double quotes or the escape
character(\), forexample "secret!password" or secret\!password.
role role_name Specifies the role assigned to the user account. The role is optional and, by
default, the user’s role is read-only.
encryption-level {0 | 7}
Specifies the password encryption level. The values are 0 (clear text) and
7 (encrypted). Clear text (0) is the default.
desc description Specifies a description of the account (optional). The description can be up
to 64 characters long, and can include any printable ASCII character,
except for the following characters: single quotation marks (‘),
double quotation marks (“), exclamation point (!), colon (:), and
semi-colon (;). If the description contains spaces. you must enclose the text
in double quotation marks.
enable true | false Specifies whether the account is enabled or disabled. A user whose
account is disabled cannot login. The default account status is enabled.
Defaults The default account status is enabled (enable = true).
The default role has read-only access permissions.
Command Modes Global configuration mode
Description Use this command to assign attributes for a user.
CAUTION
All active login sessions for a user are terminated if the user’s password or role is changed.
Usage Guidelines The username must be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters in length.
The maximum number of user accounts on a switch is 64.
The maximum number of roles for a user is 64, including the default roles.
Enter no username name followed by the appropriate parameter name to set the individual
parameters to their default values.
Examples To configure a user account:
switch(config)# username testUser roles admin
Value for ‘password’ (<string>): **********
switch(config-username-testUser)# exit