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| Authentication Commands
User Accounts and Privilege Levels
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Level 0-7 provide the same default access prvileges, all within
Normal Exec mode under the “Console>” command prompt.
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 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 or when downloading the configuration file from an
FTP server. 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 71: Default Login Settings
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin
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