username
To configure a new user with a username, establish a password, grant permissions for the user, and to enter
username configuration mode, use the username command. To delete a user from the database, use the no
form of this command.
username user-name [password {[0]| 7} password| secret {[0]| 5} password| group usergroup-name]
no username user-name [password {0| 7} password| secret {0| 5} password| group usergroup-name]
Syntax Description
Name of the user. The user-name argument can be only one word. Spaces and
quotation marks are not allowed.
user-name
(Optional) Enables a password to be created for the named user.password
(Optional) Specifies that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows. The password
will be encrypted for storage in the configuration using a Cisco proprietary encryption
algorithm.
0
(Optional) Specifies that an encrypted password follows.7
(Optional) Specifies the unencrypted password text to be entered by the user to log
in, for example, lab . If encryption is configured, the password is not visible to the
user.
Can be up to 253 characters in length.
password
(Optional) Enables an MD5-secured password to be created for the named user.secret
(Optional) Specifies that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows. The password
will be encrypted for storage in the configuration using an MD5 encryption algorithm.
0
(Optional) Specifies that an encrypted password follows.5
(Optional) Enables a named user to be associated with a user group.group
(Optional) Name of a user group as defined with the usergroup command.
usergroup-name
Command Default
No usernames are defined in the system.
Command Modes
Global configuration mode
Administration configuration
Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference for the Cisco CRS Router, Release 4.1
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