CLI Reference Guide-R07

Chapter 8 | Authentication Commands
User Accounts and Privilege Levels
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Level 8-14 provide the same default access privileges, including
additional commands in Normal Exec mode, and a subset of commands
in Privileged Exec mode under the “Console#” command prompt.
Level 15 provides full access to all commands.
The privilege level associated with any command can be changed using
the privilege command.
Any privilege level can access all of the commands assigned to lower
privilege levels. For example, privilege level 8 can access all commands
assigned to privilege levels 7-0 according to default settings, and to any
other commands assigned to levels 7-0 using the privilege command.
nopassword - No password is required for this user to log in.
{0 | 7} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password.
password password - The authentication password for the user. (Maximum
length: 32 characters plain text or encrypted, case sensitive)
Default Setting
The default access level is 0 (Normal Exec).
The factory defaults for the user names and passwords are:
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Command Usage
The encrypted password is required for compatibility with legacy password
settings (i.e., plain text or encrypted) when reading the configuration file during
system bootup. There is no need for you to manually configure encrypted
passwords.
Example
This example shows how the set the access level and password for a user.
Console(config)#username bob access-level 15
Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith
Console(config)#
Table 39: Default Login Settings
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin