CLI Guide

Parameters
name Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63
characters.
nopassword Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user
should not enter a password.
password Enter the keyword password followed by the
encryption-type or the password.
secret Enter the keyword secret followed by the encryption-
type or the password.
encryption-type 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 follow. This encryption type is
available with the secret option only, and is the default
encryption type for this option.
password Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
privilege level Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0)
to 15.
secret Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption
type for the secret option is 0.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information To view the defined user names, use the show running-config user
command.
Related
Commands
service password-encryption — specifies a password for users on terminal lines.
show running-config — views the current configuration.
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