Users Guide

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 congured 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.
dynamic-salt Enter the keyword dynamic-salt to have an additional random input in the password
encryption process.
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-specic. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell EMC
Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Version Description
9.13.0.0 Enhanced to display a warning message when a weak password is used. Introduced the
dynamic-salt option on the MXL, S5000, S4048-ON, S6000, S6000-ON, S3048-ON,
S3100 Series, C9010, S4048T-ON, Z9500, Z9100-ON, S6100-ON, S6010-ON.
9.12(1.0) Introduced on the S5048F–ON.
9.10(0.1) Introduced on the S6010-ON and S4048T-ON.
9.10(0.0) Introduced on the S3148.
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.
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