Command Line Interface
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• password <password> - The authentication password for the
user. (Maximum length: 8 characters, 32 encrypted, case sensitive)
Default Setting
• The default access level is Privileged Exec.
• The factory defaults are:
Command Mode
Global Configuration
Command Usage
The encrypted password is required for compatibility with legacy password
settings (that is, plain text or encrypted) when reading the configuration file
during system bootup or when downloading the configuration file from a
TFTP server. There is no need to manually configure encrypted passwords.
Example
This example shows how to set the access level and password for a user.
username access-level password
guest
admin
0
15
guest
admin
Console(config)#username bob access-level 15
Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith
Console(config)#