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Parameter:
<username> is the name of the user.
<privilege> is the maximum privilege level of the commands that the user is able to execute, its
value is limited between 1 and 15, and 1 by default.
<password> is the password for the user. If input option 7 on password setting, the password is
encrypted; if input option 0, the password is not processed.
Command Mode:
Global Mode.
Usage Guide:
There are two available choices for the preferences of the registered commands in the switch. They
are 1 and 15. Preference of 1 is for the commands of the normal user configuration mode.
Preference of 15 is for the commands registered in modes other than the normal user configuration
modes. 16 local users at most can be configured through this command, and the maximum length
of the password should be no less than 32.
Notice:
The user can log in user and priority after the command configures, before issuing the command
authentication line console login local, it should be made sure that at one user has be configured as
preference level of 15, in order to login the switch and make configuration changes in privileged
mode and global mode. If there are no configured local users with preference level of 15, while only
Local authentication is configured for the Console login method, the switch can be login without any
authentication. When using the HTTP method to login the switch, only users with preference level of
15 can login the switch, users with preference level other than 15 will be denied.
Example:
Configure an administrator account named admin, with the preference level as 15. And configure two
normal accounts with its preference level as 1. Then enable local authentication method.
Above all the configurations, only the admin user is able to login the switch in privileged mode
through Telnet or Console login method, user1 and user2 can only login the switch in normal user
mode through the telnet and console login method. For HTTP login method, only the admin user can
pass the authentication configuration, user1 and user2 will be denied.
Switch(config)#username admin privilege 15 password 0 admin
Switch(config)# username user1 privilege 1 password 7 user1
Switch(config)# username user2 password 0 user2
Switch(config)# authentication line console login local
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