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Creating a Custom Privilege Level
Custom privilege levels start with the default EXEC mode command set. You can then customize privilege levels 2 through 14
by:
● restricting access to an EXEC mode command
● moving commands from EXEC Privilege to EXEC mode
● allowing access to CONFIGURATION mode commands
● allowing access to INTERFACE, LINE, ROUTE-MAP, and ROUTER mode commands
A user can access all commands at his privilege level and below.
Removing a Command from EXEC Mode
To remove a command from the list of available commands in EXEC mode for a specific privilege level, use the privilege
exec command from CONFIGURATION mode.
In the command, specify a level greater than the level given to a user or terminal line, then the first keyword of each command
you wish to restrict.
Moving a Command from EXEC Privilege Mode to
EXEC Mode
To move a command from EXEC Privilege to EXEC mode for a privilege level, use the privilege exec command from
CONFIGURATION mode.
In the command, specify the privilege level of the user or terminal line and specify all keywords in the command to which you
want to allow access.
Allowing Access to CONFIGURATION Mode
Commands
To allow access to CONFIGURATION mode, use the privilege exec level level configure command from
CONFIGURATION mode.
A user that enters CONFIGURATION mode remains at his privilege level and has access to only two commands, end and
exit. You must individually specify each CONFIGURATION mode command you want to allow access to using the privilege
configure level level command. In the command, specify the privilege level of the user or terminal line and specify all
the keywords in the command to which you want to allow access.
Allowing Access to the Following Modes
This section describes how to allow access to the INTERFACE, LINE, ROUTE-MAP, and ROUTER modes.
Similar to allowing access to CONFIGURATION mode, to allow access to INTERFACE, LINE, ROUTE-MAP, and ROUTER modes,
first allow access to the command that enters you into the mode. For example, to allow a user to enter INTERFACE mode, use
the privilege configure level level interface gigabitethernet command.
Next, individually identify the INTERFACE, LINE, ROUTE-MAP or ROUTER commands to which you want to allow access using
the privilege {interface | line | route-map | router} level level command. In the command, specify
the privilege level of the user or terminal line and specify all the keywords in the command to which you want to allow access.
To remove, move or allow access, use the following commands.
The configuration in the following example creates privilege level 3. This level:
● removes the resequence command from EXEC mode by requiring a minimum of privilege level 4
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