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| Authentication Commands
User Accounts and Privilege Levels
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USER ACCOUNTS AND PRIVILEGE LEVELS
The basic commands required for management access and assigning
command privilege levels are listed in this section. This switch also includes
other options for password checking via the console or a Telnet connection
(page 728), user authentication via a remote authentication server
(page 809), and host access authentication for specific ports (page 848).
enable password After initially logging onto the system, you should set the Privileged Exec
password. Remember to record it in a safe place. This command controls
access to the Privileged Exec level from the Normal Exec level. Use the no
form to reset the default password.
SYNTAX
enable password [level level] {0 | 7} password
no enable password [level level]
level level - Level 15 for Privileged Exec. (Levels 0-14 are not
used.)
{0 | 7} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password.
password - Password for this privilege level. (Maximum length:
32 characters plain text or encrypted, case sensitive)
DEFAULT SETTING
The default is level 15.
The default password is “super”
COMMAND MODE
Global Configuration
COMMAND USAGE
◆ You cannot set a null password. You will have to enter a password to
change the command mode from Normal Exec to Privileged Exec with
the enable command.
Table 71: User Access Commands
Command Function Mode
enable password Sets a password to control access to the Privileged
Exec level
GC
username Establishes a user name-based authentication system
at login
GC
privilege Assigns a privilege level to specified command groups
or individual commands
GC
show privilege Shows the privilege level for the current user, or the
privilege level for commands modified by the privilege
command
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