Username - Dell S4810 Reference Manual

username

Establish an authentication system based on user names.
S4810
Syntax
username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword |
{password | secret} [encryption-type] password] [privilege
level]
If you do not want a specific user to enter a password, use the nopassword
option.
To delete authentication for a user, use the no username name command.
Parameters
name
access-class
access-list-
name
nopassword
password
secret
encryption-
type
password
privilege level
secret
Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption
type for the secret option is 0.
Security
Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63
characters.
Enter the keywords access-class then the name of a
configured access control list (either an IP access control list
or MAC access control list).
Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user
should not enter a password.
Enter the keyword password then the encryption-type
or the password.
Enter the keyword secret then the encryption-type or
the password.
Enter an encryption type for the password that you enter.
• 0 directs Dell Networking OS to store the password as
clear text. It is the default encryption type when using the
password option.
• 7 to indicate that a password encrypted using a DES
hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is
available with the password option only.
• 5 to indicate that a password encrypted using an MD5
hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is
available with the secret option only, and is the default
encryption type for this option.
Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0)
to 15.
Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
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