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• VTY: the range is from 1 to 30 seconds, the default is 30 seconds.
• Console: the range is from 1 to 300 seconds, the default is 0 seconds (no timeout).
• AUX: the range is from 1 to 300 seconds, the default is 0 seconds (no timeout).
Defaults See the defaults settings shown in Parameters.
Command Modes LINE
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
8.3.16.1 Introduced on the MXL 10/40GbE Switch IO Module.
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] [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.
secret Enter the keyword secret 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.
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