Command Line Reference Guide

username
Establish an authentication system based on user names.
S6000
Syntax
username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword |
{password | secret} [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.
secret Enter the keyword secret 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.
• 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.
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