AAA Commands
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username
The username Global Configuration mode command creates a user account in the local database. To remove a
user name, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
username name [password password] [level level] [encrypted]
no username name
Parameters
•
name — The name of the user (Range: 1- 20 characters).
• password — The authentication password for the user (Range: 1-159 characters).
• level — The user level (Range: 1-15).
• encrypted — Encrypted password entered, copied from another device configuration.
Default Configuration
No user is defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
User Guidelines
User account can be created without a password.
Example
The following example configures user bob with password lee and user level 15 to the system.
Console(config)#
username
bob
password
lee
level
15