Administrator Guide
Line 2: All other users are assigned a password to access privilege level 8.
Line 3: The configure command is assigned to privilege level 8 because it needs to reach CONFIGURATION mode where the
snmp-server commands are located.
Line 4: The snmp-server commands, in CONFIGURATION mode, are assigned to privilege level 8.
Example of Conguring a Custom Privilege Level
Dell(conf)#username john privilege 8 password john
Dell(conf)#enable password level 8 notjohn
Dell(conf)#privilege exec level 8 configure
Dell(conf)#privilege config level 8 snmp-server
Dell(conf)#end
Dell#show running-config
Current Configuration ...
!
hostname FTOS
!
enable password level 8 notjohn
enable password FTOS
!
username admin password 0 admin
username john password 0 john privilege 8
!
The following example shows the Telnet session for user john. The show privilege command output conrms that john is in
privilege level 8. In EXEC Privilege mode, john can access only the commands listed. In CONFIGURATION mode, john can access
only the snmp-server commands.
Example of Privilege Level Login and Available Commands
apollo% telnet 172.31.1.53
Trying 172.31.1.53...
Connected to 172.31.1.53.
Escape character is '^]'.
Login: john
Password:
Dell#show priv
Current privilege level is 8
Dell#?
configure Configuring from terminal
disable Turn off privileged commands
enable Turn on privileged commands
exit Exit from the EXEC
no Negate a command
show Show running system information
terminal Set terminal line parameters
traceroute Trace route to destination
Dell#confi
Dell(conf)#?
end Exit from Configuration mode
Specifying LINE Mode Password and Privilege
You can specify a password authentication of all users on dierent terminal lines.
The user’s privilege level is the same as the privilege level assigned to the terminal line, unless a more specic privilege level is
assigned to the user.
To specify a password for the terminal line, use the following commands.
• Congure a custom privilege level for the terminal lines.
LINE mode
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