Users Guide

Security Commands 1113
Syntax
dot1x supplicant user username
no dot1x supplicant user
•
username — The name of the user with the required credential
(password). Range: 1 to 64 printable characters. The special characters
allowed in the username include ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) * +, - . / : ; < = > @ [ \ ]
^ _ ` { | } ~. Question marks are disallowed.User names can contain
blanks if the name is surrounded by double quotes.
Default Configuration
There is no supplicant username configured by default.
Command Mode
Interface (Ethernet) Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The username must be configured using the username command. To avoid
granting access to the switch console using the supplicant credentials,
configure the user with privilege level 0.
Example
The following example configures an administrative user dot1x-supplicant
with no login access. Interface Gi1/0/1 is configured as an 802.1X supplicant
using the
dot1x-supplicant credentials to authenticate to the 802.1X
authenticator.
console(config)#username dot1x-supplicant password XYZZYPLUGH privilege 0
console(config)#interface gi1/0/1
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)#dot1x pae supplicant
console(config-if-Gi1/0/1)#dot1x supplicant user dot1x-supplicant
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.7.0 firmware.