Reference Guide

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
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S6100-ON.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
9.7(0.0) Introduced on the S6000–ON.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
pre-6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
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 [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.
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