Username - Enterasys Matrix-V V2H124-24 Configuration Manual

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Command Line Interface

username

Use this command to add named users, require authentication at login, specify or
change a user's password (or specify that no password is required), or specify or
change 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: 8 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: 8 characters, 32 encrypted, case sensitive)
Default Setting
• The default access level is Normal Exec.
• The factory defaults for the user names and passwords are:
username
guest
admin
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 a TFTP server.
There is no need for you to manually configure encrypted passwords.
Example
This example shows how to set the access level and password for a user.
Console(config)#username BOB access-level 15
Console(config)#username BOB password 0 1
Console(config)#
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Default Login Settings
access-level
0
15
password
guest
admin