Creating a username, password, and privilege level

Last Updated : Jul 07, 2023 |

About this task

When you create a new user, you must define the password and privilege level for the user. Enter a password that conforms with the password policies.

Note:

The administrator can force a new user to change the password on their first login by using the following command: login authentication change-password-on-first-login.

Procedure

At the command prompt, type the following:

username <the username> access-type <access type>

Example

g450ab2-025(super)# username john access-type read-write
Enter new password: ****************.
Confirm password: ****************.
User account added.
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