TP-Link TL-SG5426 User Guide - Page 267

4 Command Line Interface • name - The name of the user. (Maximum length: 8 characters, case sensitive. Maximum users: 16) • access-level level - Specifies the user level. The device has two predefined privilege levels: 0: Normal Exec, 15: Privileged Exec. • nopassword - No password is required for this user to log in. • {0 | 7} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password. • password password - The authentication password for the user. (Maximum length: 8 characters plain text, 32 encrypted, case sensitive) Default Setting • The default access level is Normal Exec. • The factory defaults for the user names and passwords are: username guest admin Table 4-10 Default Login Settings access-level password 0 guest 15 admin Command Mode Global Configuration Command Usage The encrypted password is required for compatibility with legacy password settings (i.e., plain text or encrypted) when reading the configuration file during system bootup or when downloading the configuration file from a TFTP server. There is no need for you to manually configure encrypted passwords. Example This example shows how to set the access level and password for a user. Console(config)#username bob access-level 15 Console(config)#username bob password 0 smith Console(config)# enable password After initially logging onto the system, you should set the Privileged Exec password. Remember to record it in a safe place. This command controls access to the Privileged Exec level from the Normal Exec level. Use the no form to reset the default password. Syntax enable password [level level] {0 | 7} password no enable password [level level] • level level - Level 15 for Privileged Exec. (Levels 0-14 are not used.) • {0 | 7} - 0 means plain password, 7 means encrypted password. 4-26