Username – Dell PowerEdge M805 User Manual

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username

Use the username command in Global Configuration mode to add a new user to the local users
database. To remove a user name use the no form of this command.

Syntax

username name password password [level level] [encrypted]

no username name

name—The name of the user. (Range: 1-20 characters)

password—The authentication password for the user. (Range: 8-64 characters)

level—The user level. Level 0 can be assigned by a level 15 user to another user to
suspend that user’s access. (Range: 0-15)

encrypted—Encrypted password entered, copied from another switch configuration.

Default Configuration

No user name is defined.

The default privilege level is 1.

Command Mode

Global Configuration mode

User Guidelines

This command can be used to unlock a locked user account for an already existing user.

Example

The following example configures user "bob" with password "xxxyyymmmm" and user level
15.

console(config)# username bob password xxxyyymmmm level 15

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