User's Manual

S YSTEM M ANAGEMENT C OMMANDS
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User Access Commands
The basic commands required for management access are listed in this
section. This switch also includes other options for password checking via
the console or a Telnet connection (page 4-13), user authentication via a
remote authentication server (page 4-151), and host access authentication for
specific ports (page 4-110).
username
This command adds named users, requires authentication at login, specifies
or changes a user's password (or specify that no password is required), or
specifies or changes a user's access level. Use the no form to remove a user
name.
Syntax
username name {access-level level | nopassword |
password {0 | 7} password}
no username name
• name - The name of the user.
(Maximum length: 8 characters, case sensitive. Maximum users: 16)
• access-level level - Specifies the user level.
• The device has two predefined privilege levels:
0:NormalExec,15: Privileged Exec.
• 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: 8 characters plain text, 32 encrypted, case sensitive)
Table 4-9 User Access Commands
Command Function Mode Page
username Establishes a user name-based authentication
system at login
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enable password Sets a password to control access to the
Privileged Exec level
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