CLI Guide

Security Commands 977
• 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.
• profile — The name of the administrative profile(s) to apply to this user.
An administrative profile is mutually exclusive with a privilege level.
• encrypted— Encrypted password entered, copied from another switch
configuration. Password strength checking is not applied to the encrypted
string.
Default Configuration
The default privilege level is 1.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
The following rules and restrictions apply:
• User accounts have an associated privilege level, a user name, and a user
password.
• The password is saved internally in hashed format and never appears in
clear text anywhere in the UI.
• An administrator (privilege level 15) may create additional administrator
accounts and unlock locked accounts.
• An administrator may delete or modify any or all accounts, including other
administrator accounts or his own account.
To use the ! character as part of the username or password string, it should be
enclosed within quotation marks. For example, username “test!xyz” password
“test!xyz” includes an exclamation point in both the username and password.