Username - Cisco 300 Series Cli Manual

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Use the username Global Configuration mode command to establish a
username-based authentication system. Use the no form to remove a user name.
Syntax
name
username {nopassword | {password {
encrypted-password
encrypted-password
{encrypted
name
no username
Parameters
•
name
—The name of the user. (Range: 1–20 characters)
•
nopassword—No password is required for this user to log in.
•
password—Specifies the password for this username. (Range: 1–64)
•
unencrypted-password
1–159)
•
encrypted-password
encrypted
encrypted. Use this keyword to enter a password that is already encrypted
(for instance that you copied from another the configuration file of another
device). (Range: 1–40)
•
privilege-level
privilege
not specified the level is 15. (Range: 1–15).
Default Configuration
No user is defined.
Command Mode
Global Configuration mode
Usage Guidelines
The last level 15 user (regardless of whether it is the default user or any user)
cannot be removed and cannot be a remote user.
Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) Commands
privilege-level
}}} | {privilege
}}}
—The authentication password for the user. (Range:
—Specifies that the password is MD5
—Privilege level for which the password applies. If
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unencrypted-password
unencrypted-password
{
| {encrypted
|