Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048–ON System 9.14.2.5

username name [access-class access-list-name] [nopassword | {password | secret | sha256–password} [encryption-type] password [dynamic-salt]] [privilege level] [role role-name]

• name: Enter a text string upto 63 characters long.

• access-class access-list-name: Enter the name of a configured IP ACL.
• nopassword: Allows you to configure an user without the password.

• password: Allows you to configure an user with a password.

• secret: Specify a secret string for an user.

• sha256–password: Uses sha256–based encryption method for password.

• encryption-type: Enter the encryption type for securing an user password. There are four encryption types.

  • 0 — input the password in clear text.

  • 5 — input the password that is already encrypted using MD5 encryption method.

  • 7 — input the password that is already encrypted using DES encryption method.

  • 8 — input the password that is already encrypted using sha256–based encryption method.

• password: Enter the password string for the user.

• dynamic-salt: Generates an additional random input to password encryption process whenever the password is configured.

• privilege level: Assign a privilege levels to the user. The range is from 0 to 15.

• role role-name: Assign a role name for the user.

Dell EMC Networking OS encrypts type 5 secret and type 7 password based on dynamic-salt option such that the encrypted password is different when an user is configured with the same password.

In dynamic-salt configuration, the length of type 5 secret and type 7 password is 32 and 16 characters more compared to the secret and password length without dynamic-salt configuration. An error message appears if the username command reaches the maximum length, which is 256 characters.

The dynamic-salt support for the user configuration is added in REST API. For more information on REST support, see Dell EMC Networking Open Automation guide.