Users Guide

Security Commands 1009
• User accounts have an associated privilege level, a user name, and a user
password.
• The password is saved internally in hashed format and never appears in
clear text anywhere in the UI.
• An administrator (privilege level 15) may create additional administrator
accounts and unlock locked accounts.
• An administrator may delete or modify any or all accounts, including other
administrator accounts or his own account.
To use the ! character as part of the username or password string, it should be
enclosed within quotation marks. For example, username “test!xyz” password
“test!xyz” includes an exclamation point in both the username and password.
Up to 8 users may be created. If the password strength feature is enabled, it
checks for password strength and returns an appropriate error if it fails to
meet the password strength criteria. If the encrypted keyword is entered, no
password strength checking is performed as the password is encrypted and the
system does not have the capability of decrypting the password. Privilege level
0 cannot log into the switch. There is effectively no difference between
Privilege level 1 and 15.
The following table lists the completion messages.
Message Type Message Description
Successful Completion Message No message is displayed.
Error Completion Message Could not set user password!