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User Accounts
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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: Normal Exec, 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
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/TFTP 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 35 Default Login Settings
username access-level password
guest
admin 0
15 guest
admin