Dell S3100 Command Line Reference Guide for the Series 9.112.0P2 - Page 1457

username Establish an authentication system based on user names. Syntax username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password | secret | sha256-password} [encryption-type] password] [privilege level] [role rolename] 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 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 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. • 8 to indicate that a password encrypted using a sha256 hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is available with the sha256-password option only, and is the default encryption type for this 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 role role-name secret sha256-password Enter a string up to 32 characters long. Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to 15. Enter the keyword role followed by the role name to associate with that user ID. Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type. Enter the keyword sha256-password then the encryption-type or the password. Defaults Command Modes Command History The default encryption type for password option is 0. The default encryption type for secret option is 5. The default encryption type for sha256-password option is 8. The default value of privilege level is 1. CONFIGURATION This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms, see the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide. Version 9.10(0.0) 9.10(0.0) Description Introduced on the S3148. Added support for the sha256-password option for S3100, S3048-ON, S4048-ON, S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, S6000-ON, Z9100-ON, MXL, and Z9500. Security 1457