Users Guide

Security Commands 976
Jan 19 2005 08:42:31 John SSH 172.16.0.1
Jan 19 2005 08:49:52 Betty Telnet 172.16.1.7
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Syntax updated in 6.4 release.
username
Use the username command in Global Configuration mode to add a new user
to the local user (switch administrator) database. The default privilege level is
1. The command optionally allows the specification of an Administrative
Profile for a local user.
Use the no form of this command to remove the username from the local user
database.
Syntax
username name {nopassword|password password} [privilege level|admin-
profile profile] [encrypted]
no username name
• name—The name of the user. Range: 1-64 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.
• password —The authentication password for the user. Range: 8-64
characters. This value can be 0 [zero] if the no passwords min-length
command has been executed. The special characters allowed in the
password include ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > @ [ \ ] ^
_ ` { | } ~. Question marks are disallowed.
• level —The user’s privilege level. Level 0 can be assigned by a level 15 user
to another user to restrict that user’s access to the switch. Supported
access levels are 0, 1, or 15. Enter access level 0 to disallow login, 1 for Read
Access, or 15 for Read/Write Access.
• nopassword— Configure a switch administrator with no password. Note
that the SSH is configured to require a password to access the switch. Use
of a password for administrative access is highly recommended.