Reference Guide

– name: Enter a text string up to 63 characters long.
– access-class access-list-name: Enter the name of a configured 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.
Configuring the Enable Password Command
To configure FTOS, use the enable command to enter EXEC Privilege level 15. After entering the command, FTOS
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 different 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 configure a password for a specific privilege level, use the following command.
• Configure a password for a privilege level.
CONFIGURATION mode
enable password [level level] [encryption-mode] password
Configure 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, configure only the password parameter.
To view the configuration for the enable secret command, use the show running-config command in EXEC
Privilege mode.
In custom-configured privilege levels, the enable command is always available. No matter what privilege level you
entered FTOS, you can enter the enable 15 command to access and configure all CLIs.
Configuring Custom Privilege Levels
In addition to assigning privilege levels to the user, you can configure the privilege levels of commands so that they are
visible in different privilege levels.
Within FTOS, commands have certain privilege levels. With the privilege command, you can change the default
level or you can reset their privilege level back to the default.
• Assign the launch keyword (for example, configure) for the keyword’s command mode.
• If you assign only the first keyword to the privilege level, all commands beginning with that keyword are also
assigned to the privilege level. If you enter the entire command, the software assigns the privilege level to that
command only.
To assign commands and passwords to a custom privilege level, use the following commands. You must be in privilege
level 15.
1. Assign a user name and password.
CONFIGURATION mode
username name [access-class access-list-name] [privilege level] [nopassword
| password [encryption-type] password]
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