User Accounts

The User Accounts page enables entering additional users that are permitted to access to the device (read-only or read-write) or changing the passwords of existing users. A user accessing the device for the first time uses the cisco/cisco username and password. After providing the default credentials, you’re prompted to replace the default level 15 username and password, and you must provide a new username and password. The new password must comply with the password complexity rules.

To add a new user, follow these steps:

Procedure

Step 1

Click Administration > User Accounts.

Step 2

Click Add to add a new user or click Edit to modify a user.

Step 3

Enter the parameters.

User Name—Enter a new username from 0 through 31 characters. UTF-8 characters aren’t permitted.
Password—Enter a password (UTF-8 characters aren’t permitted).
Confirm Password—Enter the password again.
Password Strength Meter—Displays the strength of password. The password must comply with the minimum strength and complexity requirements shown on this page.
User Level—Select the privilege level of the user.
- Read-Only CLI Access (1)—User can’t access the GUI, and can only access CLI commands that don’t change the device configuration.
- Read/Write Management Access (15)—User can access the GUI, and can configure the device.

Step 4

Click Apply. The user is added to the Running Configuration file of the device.

Note	The password is stored in the configuration files as a non-recoverable hash using Password Based Key Derivation Function 2 (PBKDF2) with Secure Hash Algorithm, and SHA-256 as the hashing algorithm.