Creating Users And Assigning Groups - Cisco CRS-1 - Carrier Routing System Router Getting Started Manual

Chapter 5 Initial Configuration of the Cisco IOS XR Software

Creating Users and Assigning Groups

The following procedure creates a user, assigns a password, and assigns the user to a group.
SUMMARY STEPS
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
DETAILED STEPS
Command or Action
Step 1 configure
Example:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router# configure
Step 2
username user-name
Example:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config)# username user1
Step 3
password {0 | 7} password
or
secret {0 | 5} password
Example:
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# password 0
pwd1
or
RP/0/RP0/CPU0:router(config-un)# secret 5 pwd1
configure
username user-name
password {0 | 7} password
or
secret {0 | 5} password
group group-name
Repeat Step 4 for each user group to be associated with the user specified in Step 2.
end
or
commit
Creating and Modifying User Accounts and User Groups
Purpose
Enters global configuration mode.
Creates a name for a new user (or identifies a current user)
and enters username configuration submode.
The user-name argument can be only one word. Spaces
•
and quotation marks are not allowed.
Specifies a password for the user named in Step 2.
Use the secret command to create a secure login
•
password for the user names specified in Step 2.
Entering 0 following the password command specifies
•
that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.
Entering 7 following the password command specifies
that an encrypted password follows.
• Entering 0 following the secret command specifies that
a secure unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.
Entering 5 following the secret command specifies that
a secure encrypted password follows.
Type 0 is the default for the password and secret
•
commands.
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