Users Guide

Usage Information The software measures the period of inactivity defined in this command as the period between consecutive
keystrokes. For example, if your password is “password” you can enter “p” and wait 29 seconds to enter the next
letter.
username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
Syntax
username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password | secret
| sha256-password} [encryption-type] password] [privilege level] [role role-
name]
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 Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
access-class
access-list-name
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).
nopassword Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user should not enter a password.
password Enter the keyword password then the encryption-type or the password.
encryption-type Enter an encryption type for the password that you enter.
• 0 directs the system to store the password as clear text. It is the default encryption
type when using the password option.
• 8 to indicate that a password encrypted using a sha256 hashing algorithm follows.
This encryption type is available with the sha256-password option only, and is the
default encryption type for this 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.
password Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
privilege level Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to 15.
role role-name Enter the keyword role followed by the role name to associate with that user ID.
secret Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
sha256-password Enter the keyword sha256-password then the encryption-type or the password.
Defaults The default encryption type for password option is 0. The default encryption type for secret option is 5. The
default encryption type for sha256-password option is 8. The default value of privilege level is 1.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Command History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking
OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.10(0.0) Added support for the sha256-password option for S3100, S3048–ON, S4048–ON,
S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S6000–ON, Z9100–ON, MXL, and Z9500.
9.8(2.0) Introduced on the S3100 series.
9.8(1.0) Introduced on the Z9100-ON.
9.8(0.0P5) Introduced on the S4048-ON.
9.8(0.0P2) Introduced on the S3048-ON.
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