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username
Use the username command in Global Configuration mode to add a new user
to the local user database. The default privilege level is 1. The command
optionally allows the specification of an Administrative Profile for a local user.
Use the no form of this command to remove the username from the local user
database.
Syntax
username name {nopassword|password
password
} [privilege
level
|admin-
profile
profile
] [encrypted]
no username
name
Parameter Description
Parameter Description
name
The name of the user. Range: 1-32 printable characters. The
special characters allowed in the password include ! # $ % &
‘ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~. User
names can contain blanks if the name is surrounded by double
quotes.
password
The authentication password for the user. Range: 8-64 characters.
This value can be 0
[
zero
]
if the
no passwords min-length
command has been executed. The special characters allowed in
the password include ! # $ % & ‘ ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = >
@
[
\
]
^ _ `
{
|
}
~.
level
The user’s privilege level. Level 0 can be assigned by a level 15
user to another user to suspend that user’s access. Range: 0-15.
Enter access level 1 for Read Access or 15 for Read/Write
Access.
profile
The name of the administrative profile(s) to apply to this user.
An administrative profile is mutually exclusive with a privilege
level.
encrypted Encrypted password entered, copied from another switch
configuration. Password strength checking is not applied to the
encrypted string.
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