User Access Commands
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Software Version 5.2.1
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Operating System Software Reference C613-50003-00 REV E
5.15
username
This command creates or modifies a user.
Syntax
username
<name>
privilege
<1-15> password [8]
<password>
no
username
<name>
Mode
Configure mode
Examples
To create the user “bob” with a privilege level of 15, and the password “bobs_secret”, use the
command:
awplus(config)#
username bob privilege 15 password bobs_secret
Parameter
Description
name
The login name for the user.
privilege
The user’s privilege level. Use the privilege levels to set the access rights for
each user.
<1-15>
A privilege level: either 1-14 (limited access) or 15 (full
access). The default manager account on your device
cannot be set to a lower privilege level than 15. A user
with privilege level 1-14 can only enter Privileged Exec
mode if an enable password has been configured and
they enter the password
password
A password that the user must enter when logging in.
8
Specifies that you are entering a password as a string that
has already been encrypted, instead of entering a plain-
text password.
The running-config displays the new password as an
encrypted string even if password encryption is turned off.
Note that the user enters the plain-text version of the
password when logging in.
password
The user’s password. The password is an alpha-numeric
string up to 80 characters in length and can include spaces.