username
Use this command to add a user or to change a user password.
The
role parameter maps to privilege levels in the TACACS+ server as shown in
Table 3-14 Table 3-14: Role/privilege level mapping
Role | Privilege level |
---|
Network administrator | 15 |
Network engineer | 14 |
Network operator | 1 to 13 |
Network user | 0 or greater then 15 |
Use the no form of this command to remove a user.
Command Syntax
username USERNAME
username USERNAME password (encrypted|) PASSWORD
username USERNAME role (network-admin|network-engineer|network-operator|network-user)
username USERNAME role (network-admin|network-engineer|network-operator|network-user) password (encrypted|) PASSWORD
username disable-default
no username disable-default
no username USERNAME
Parameters
USERNAME
User name; length 2-15 characters
encrypted
Encrypted password
PASSWORD
Password; length 5-32 characters
network-admin
Network administrator role with all access permissions that can make permanent changes to the configuration. Changes persist after a reset/reboot of the switch.
network-engineer
Network engineer role with all access permission that can make permanent changes to the configuration. Changes persist after a reset/reboot of the switch.
network-operator
Network operator role with all access permissions that can make temporary changes to the configuration. Changes do not persist after a reset/reboot of the switch.
network-user
Network user role with access permissions to display the configuration, but cannot change the configuration.
disable-default
This option is used to disable the implicit configuration of default user by the system. This command can be executed only by users with “network-admin” privileges. When this option is configured, explicit configuration of default user will be rejected. If default-user is explicitly configured using “username” CLI, it should be removed using “no username USERNAME” before configuring “disable-default”.
Default
By default, user name is disabled.
Command Mode
Configure mode
Applicability
This command was introduced before OcNOS version 1.3.
Example
#configure terminal
(config)#username fred_smith password fred123
Last modified date: 10/19/2023