Dell C1048P Port Extender Networking Command-Line Reference Guide for the C900 - Page 1829

Usage Information The software measures the period of inactivity defined in this command as the period between consecutive keystrokes. For example, if your password is "password" you can enter "p" and wait 29 seconds to enter the next letter. username Establish an authentication system based on user names. C9000 Series Syntax username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password | secret} [encryption-type] password] [privilege level] [role role-name] If you do not want a specific user to enter a password, use the nopassword option. To delete authentication for a user, use the no username name command. Parameters name access-class access-list-name nopassword password secret encryption-type Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters. Enter the keywords access-class then the name of a configured access control list (either an IP access control list or MAC access control list). Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user should not enter a password. Enter the keyword password then the encryption-type or the password. Enter the keyword secret then the encryption-type or the password. 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. • 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 privilege level Enter a string up to 32 characters long. Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to 15. Security 1829