Chapter 7
| Authentication Commands
User Accounts and Privilege Levels
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â—† 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
Console(config)#enable password level 15 0 admin
Console(config)#
Related Commands
enable (77)
authentication enable (186)
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: 32 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: 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
Table 33: Default Login Settings
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin
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