Administrator Guide

Usage
Information
The software measures the period of inactivity defined in this command as the period between
consecutive keystrokes. For example, if your password is “password” you can enter “p” and wait 29
seconds to enter the next letter.
username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
Syntax
username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password |
secret | sha256-password} [encryption-type] password [dynamic-salt]]
[privilege level] [role role-name]
If you do not want a specific user to enter a password, use the nopassword option.
To delete authentication for a user, use the no username name command.
Parameters
name Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
access-class
access-list-name
Enter the keywords access-class then the name of a configured access control
list (either an IP access control list or MAC access control list).
nopassword Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user should not enter a
password.
password Enter the keyword password then the encryption-type or the password.
encryption-type Enter an encryption type for the password that you enter.
● 0 directs the system to store the password as clear text. It is the default
encryption type when using the password option.
● 8 to indicate that a password encrypted using a sha256 hashing algorithm
follows. This encryption type is available with the sha256-password option
only, and is the default encryption type for this option.
● 7 to indicate that a password encrypted using a DES hashing algorithm follows.
This encryption type is available with the password option only.
● 5 to indicate that a password encrypted using an MD5 hashing algorithm
follows. This encryption type is available with the secret option only, and is
the default encryption type for this option.
password Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
dynamic-salt Enter the keyword dynamic-salt to have an additional random input in the
password encryption process.
privilege level Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to 15.
role role-name Enter the keyword role followed by the role name to associate with that user ID.
secret Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
sha256-password Enter the keyword sha256-password then the encryption-type or the
password.
Defaults The default encryption type for password option is 0. The default encryption type for secret option is
5. The default encryption type for sha256-password option is 8. The default value of privilege
level is 1.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell
EMC Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.13.0.0 Enhanced to display a warning message when a weak password is used. Introduced
the dynamic-salt option on the MXL, S5000, S4048-ON, S6000, S6000-ON,
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