Dell Force10 S55T FTOS Command Line Reference Guide for the S55 System FTOS 8. - Page 925

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 access-class access-list-name nopassword password secret encryption-type password privilege level secret Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters. 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 encrypted using a DES hashing algorithm will follow. This encryption type is available with the password option only. • 5 to indicate that a password encrypted 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 8.3.5.0 Introduced on S55 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 Information To view the defined user names, use the show running-config user command. The MD5 encryption method includes an additional password to support SmartScripts. This addition is included even if SmartScripts is not installed. The password appears as: username robert secret 5 d7397df437351f9c3e48e5e4fde9f9ed bsd-password $1$T0duaorE$v0l3A5GFxIZz4LHOxz2IM. Security | 925