Dell Force10 S60-44T FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for the S60 System FTOS - Page 917

username c e s Establish an authentication system based on user names. Syntax username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password | secret} [encryption-type] password] [privilege level] 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 Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters. access-class access-list-name nopassword password secret encryption-type password privilege level secret Note: If the entered username is longer than 16 characters, the BSD username and password are not created. This is a BSD limitation, not an FTOS limitation. FTOS supports up to 63 characters for the username and password. Enter the keyword access-class followed by the name of a configured access control list (either a 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 followed by the encryption-type or the password. Enter the keyword secret followed by the encryption-type or the password. Enter an encryption type for the password that you will enter. • 0 directs FTOS to store the password as clear text. It is the default encryption type when using the password option. • 7 to indicate that a password ecrypted using a DES hashing algorithm will follow. This encryption type is available with the password option only. • 5 to indicate that a password ecrypted using an MD5 hashing algorithm will follow. This encryption type is available with the secret option only, and is the default encryption type for this option. Enter a string up to 32 characters long. Enter the keyword privilege followed by a number from zero (0) to 15. Enter the keyword secret followed by the encryption type. Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption type for the secret option is 5. Command Modes CONFIGURATION Command History Version 8.3.3.4 Enhanced BSD encryption Version 8.3.3.1 Introduced on S60 Added BSD encryption to MD5 passwords Version 7.7.1.0 Added support for secret option and MD5 password encryption. Extended name from 25 characters to 63. Version 7.6.1.0 Introduced for S-Series Version 7.5.1.0 Introduced for C-Series E-Series original Command Usage To view the defined user names, use the show running-config user command. Information Security | 917