Dell PowerConnect FCS624S Configuration Guide - Page 1200

32 Setting up local user accounts Setting passwords to expire You can set a user password to expire. Once a password expires, the administrator must assign a new password to the user. To configure a user password to expire, enter the following. PowerConnect(config)#username sandy expires 20 Syntax: username expires Enter 1 - 365 for number of days. The default is 90 days. Example PowerConnect(config)#username sandy expires 20 PowerConnect#show user Username Password Encrypt Priv Status Expire Time == sandy $1$Gz...uX/$wQ44fVGtsqbKWkQknzAZ6. enabled 0 enabled 20 days Requirement to accept the message of the day If a message of the day (MOTD) is configured, a user will be required to press the Enter key before he or she can login. MOTD is configured using the banner motd command. There are no new CLI commands for this feature. NOTE This requirement is disabled by default, unless configured. Users are not required to press Enter after the MOTD banner is displayed. Refer to "Requiring users to press the Enter key after the message of the day banner" on page 30. Configuring a local user account You can create accounts for local users with or without passwords. Accounts with passwords can have encrypted or unencrypted passwords. You can assign privilege levels to local user accounts, but on a new device, you must create a local user account that has a Super User privilege before you can create accounts with other privilege levels. NOTE You must grant Super User level privilege to at least one account before you add accounts with other privilege levels. You need the Super User account to make further administrative changes. Local user accounts with no passwords To create a user account without a password, enter the following command at the global CONFIG level of the CLI. PowerConnect(config)#username wonka nopassword Syntax: [no] username privilege nopassword 1158 PowerConnect B-Series FCX Configuration Guide 53-1002266-01