Deployment Guide

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
9.14(1.0) Introduced dynamic-salt option on the S4810 and S4820T.
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,
S3048-ON, S3100 Series, C9010, S4048T-ON, Z9500, Z9100-ON, S6100-ON,
S6010-ON.
9.12(1.0) Introduced on the S5048F–ON.
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
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