Administrator Guide

password Enter a text string, up to 32 characters long, as the clear text password.
Defaults No password is configured. level = 15.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, refer to the relevant Dell
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the C9010.
9.2(1.0) Introduced on the Z9500.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.7.0 Introduced on the S4810.
7.6.1.0 Introduced on the S-Series.
7.5.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series.
6.1.1.0 Introduced on the E-Series.
Usage Information
To control access to command modes, use this command to define a password for a level and use the
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) command.
Passwords must meet the following criteria:
• Start with a letter, not a number.
• Passwords can have a regular expression as the password. To create a password with a regular expression in
it, use CNTL + v prior to entering regular expression. For example, to create the password abcd]e, you type
“abcd CNTL v ]e”. When the password is created, you do not use the CNTL + v key combination and
enter “abcd]e”.
NOTE: The question mark (?) and the tilde (~) are not supported characters.
Related
Commands
show running-config — views the current configuration.
privilege level (CONFIGURATION mode) — controls access to the command modes within the switch.
login authentication
To designate the terminal lines, apply an authentication method list.
C9000 Series
Syntax
login authentication {method-list-name | default}
To use the local user/password database for login authentication, use the no login authentication
command.
Parameters
method-list-name Enter the keywords method-list-name to specify that method list, created in the
aaa authentication login command, to be applied to the designated terminal
line.
default Enter the keyword default to specify that the default method list, created in the aaa
authentication login command, is applied to the terminal line.
Defaults No authentication is performed on the console lines. Local authentication is performed on the virtual terminal and
auxiliary lines.
Command Modes LINE
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