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Dell PowerEdge FN I/O Module Command Line Reference Guide 9.10(0.0)

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username

Establish an authentication system based on user names.

Syntax username name [nopassword | {password | secret} [ encryption-type] password] [ privilege level]

If you do not want a specific user to enter a password, use the nopassword option.

To delete authentication for a user, use the no username name command.

Parameters
name Enter a text string for the name of the user up to 63 characters.
nopassword Enter the keyword nopassword to specify that the user should not enter a password.
password Enter the keyword password followed by the encryption-type or the password.
secret Enter the keyword secret followed by the encryption-type or the password.
encryption-type Enter an encryption type for the password that you enter.
  • 0 directs Dell Networking OS to store the password as clear text. It is the default encryption type when using the password option.
  • 7 to indicate that a password encrypted using a DES hashing algorithm follows. This encryption type is available with the password option only.
  • 5 to indicate that a password encrypted using an MD5 hashing algorithm follow. This encryption type is available with the secret option only, and is the default encryption type for this option.
password Enter a string up to 32 characters long.
privilege level Enter the keyword privilege then a number from zero (0) to 15.
secret Enter the keyword secret then the encryption type.
Defaults The default encryption type for the password option is 0. The default encryption type for the secret option is 0.
Command Modes CONFIGURATION
Supported Modes All Modes
Command History
Version Description
9.9(0.0) Introduced on the FN IOM.
9.4(0.0) Supported on the FN I/O Aggregator.
Usage Information To view the defined user names, use the show running-config user command.
Related Commands

service password-encryption — specifies a password for users on terminal lines.

show running-config — views the current configuration.

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