Username - Allied Telesis x310-26FT Command Reference Manual

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USERNAME

username
Overview This command creates or modifies a user to assign a privilege level and a password.
NOTE
Any username privilege level that has been modified from the default is shown.
Syntax username <name> privilege <1-15> [password [8] <password>]
username <name> password [8] <password>
no username <name>
Parameter Description
<name>
The login name for the user. Do not use punctuation marks such as single quotes (' '),
double quotes (" "), or colons ( : ) with the user login name.
privilege
The user's privilege level. Use the privilege levels to set the access rights for each user.
<1-15>
password
A password that the user must enter when logging in.
8
<password>
Mode Global Configuration
Default The privilege level is 1 by default. Note the default is not shown in running-config
output.
C613-50103-01 REV A
: The default username privilege level of 1 is not shown in running-config output.
A privilege level: either 1-14 (limited access) or 15 (full access). A user
with privilege level 1-14 can only access higher privilege levels if an
enable password
access and the user enters that password.
A user at privilege level 1 can access the majority of show
commands. A user at privilege level 7 can access the majority of
show commands including platform show commands. Privilege
Level 15 (to access the Privileged Exec command mode) is required
to access configuration commands as well as show commands in
Privileged Exec.
Specifies that you are entering a password as a string that has
already been encrypted, instead of entering a plain-text password.
The running-config displays the new password as an encrypted
string even if password encryption is turned off.
Note that the user enters the plain-text version of the password
when logging in.
The user's password. The password can be up to 23 characters in
length and include characters from up to four categories. The
password categories are:
• uppercase letters: A to Z
• lowercase letters: a to z
• digits: 0 to 9
• special symbols: all printable ASCII characters not included in the
previous three categories. The question mark ? cannot be used as
it is reserved for help functionality.
Command Reference for x310 Series
AlliedWare Plus™ Operating System - Version 5.4.6-1.x
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