username

Description

Use the username command to configure user accounts.

Use the no form of the command to delete the specific user account.

Syntax

username <username> capability {admin | monitor}
no username <username> capability

username <username> disable
no username <username> disable

username <username> password

username <username> password 0 <cleartext password>

username <username> password 7 <encrypted password>

no username <username>

Arguments

username <username>	Specifies the user ID to whom you want to grant capability. Use no username <username> to delete this user account.
capability admin	Grants admin user privileges to this user account. Use the no form of the command to reset capability for this user account to the default.
capability monitor	Grants monitor user privileges to this user account. Use the no form of the command to reset capability for this user account to the default.
disable	Disables the ability to login to this user account. Use the no form of the command to reenable this account.
password	When followed immediately by a carriage return, specifies to prompt for the login password rather than entering it on the command line.
password 0 <cleartext password>	Specifies a login password in clear text.
password 7 <encrypted password>	Specifies a login password with an encrypted string. Once the password is entered, the original characters are not recoverable by looking through the history or scrolling back in the file.

Defaults

The default username and the default password are both admin.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See “show usernames”.

Usage Guidelines

Some guidance about password creation:

n	Passwords should be a minimum of 8 characters

n	There should be at least one lower case letter and one upper case letter

n	There should be at least one digit

n	There should be at least one special character

n	Consecutive letters in the password should not be dictionary words

Examples

To delete the user account, franklin:

config) # no username franklin

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