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U Commands

username

U Commands

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The commands in this chapter apply to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of multilayer directors and fabric switches. All commands are shown here in alphabetical order regardless of command mode. See the "Command Modes" section to determine the appropriate mode for each command. For more information, refer to the Cisco MDS 9000 Family Configuration Guide.

•username

username

To define a user, use the username command in configuration mode.

username name [expire date] [role string] [update-snmpv3]

username string [password [0 | 5 user-password] [expire string] [role]=

Syntax Description

expire	Date when this user account expires (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
password	Password for the user.
role	Role which the user is to be assigned
update-snmpv3	Update SNMPv3 password also (provide old SNMPv3 password)
name	The name of the user. Maximum length is 32 characters.
date	The expiration date.
string	The role.
user-password	The password. Maximum length is 32 characters.
0	Password for the user (clear text)
5	Strongly encrypted password

Defaults

None.

Command Modes

Configuration mode.

Command History

This command was introduced in Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 1.0(2).

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

The following example shows how to define a user.

switch(config)# username knuckles password testpw role bodega

switch(config)# end

Jan 12 16:05:33 vshd: <<%LOG_VSHD-5-VSHD_SYSLOG_CONFIG_I>> Configuring console)

switch# show user-account 

user:admin

        this user account has no expiry date

        roles:network-admin 

user:knuckles

        this user account has no expiry date

        roles:bodega