Users Guide

Conguring a Username and Password
In the Dell Networking OS, you can assign a specic username to limit user access to the system.
To congure a username and password, use the following command.
• Assign a user name and password.
CONFIGURATION mode
username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | password [encryption-type]
password] [privilege level]
Congure the optional and required parameters:
• name: Enter a text string up to 63 characters long.
• access-class access-list-name: Enter the name of a congured IP ACL.
• nopassword: Do not require the user to enter a password.
• encryption-type: Enter 0 for plain text or 7 for encrypted text.
• password: Enter a string.
• privilege level The range is from 0 to 15.
To view usernames, use the show users command in EXEC Privilege mode.
Conguring the Enable Password Command
To congure the Dell Networking OS, use the enable command to enter EXEC Privilege level 15. After entering the command, the system
requests that you enter a password.
Privilege levels are not assigned to passwords, rather passwords are assigned to a privilege level. You can always change a password for any
privilege level. To change to a dierent privilege level, enter the enable command, then the privilege level. If you do not enter a privilege
level, the default level 15 is assumed.
To congure a password for a specic privilege level, use the following command.
• Congure a password for a privilege level.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable password [level level] [encryption-mode] password
Congure the optional and required parameters:
• level level: Specify a level from 0 to 15. Level 15 includes all levels.
• encryption-type: Enter 0 for plain text or 7 for encrypted text.
• password: Enter a string.
To change only the password for the enable command, congure only the password parameter.
To view the conguration for the enable secret command, use the show running-config command in EXEC Privilege mode.
In custom-congured privilege levels, the enable command is always available. No matter what privilege level you use on the system, you
can enter the enable 15 command to access and congure all CLIs.
Obscuring Passwords and Keys
By default, the service password-encryption command stores encrypted passwords. For greater security, you can also use the
service obscure-passwords command to prevent a user from reading the passwords and keys, including RADIUS, TACACS+ keys,
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