Editing Cisco IOS: Associate a user with default higher privileges



Change or set password to a User:
* <code>[[username]] MY_USER [[secret]] MY_PASSWORD</code>



* <code>[[username MY_USER password MY_PASSWORD]]</code> 



== Create user ==
 Router#[[config terminal]]
 Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
 Router(config)#username MY_USERNAME_1 [[privilege]] 5
 Router(config)#username MY_USERNAME_2 [[privilege]] 7
 Router(config)#username MY_USERNAME_3 privilege 15
 Router(config)#^Z
 Router#
 Ref: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/hardening-cisco-routers/0596001665/ch04.html


Example with error:
 Router(config)#username MY_USER privilege 15 password MY_PASSWORD
 WARNING: Command has been added to the configuration using a type 0 password. However, type 0 passwords will soon be deprecated. Migrate to a supported password type

== Password: Enable Type 9 passwords for username MY_USERNAME_1 ==
Read first: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-27166

<pre>
R1(config)#username MY_USERNAME_1 algorithm-type scrypt secret MY_PASSWORD
R1(config)#
</pre>

Error in case user where already created with password option:
<pre>R1(config)#username MY_USERNAME_1 algorithm-type scrypt secret MY_PASSWORD
ERROR: Can not have both a user password and a user secret.
Please choose one or the other.
</pre>

== Delete user ==
<pre>
R1(config)#no username USERNAME_TO_DELETE
This operation will remove all username related configurations with same name.Do you want to continue? [confirm]
</pre>

== Related terms ==
* <code>[[sh run]] | i user</code>
* <code>[[show users]]</code>
* <code>[[privilege]]</code>
* <code>[[admin]]</code> account

== Activities ==
# Configure a user with public key access [[Cisco IOS/Configure public RSA key authentication]]
# Learn about different Cisco Router Password Types: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-27166
# List users: <code>[[show running-config]] | inc username</code>
# Delete a user with <code>no username USERNAME_TO_DELETE</code> command

== See also ==
* {{IOS}}
* [[wikipedia:Scrypt]] key derivation function

[[Category:Networking]]

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Source: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Cisco_IOS/Associate_a_user_with_default_higher_privileges
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   Router#
   Ref: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/hardening-cisco-routers/0596001665/ch04.html
-Verify:
- sh running-config | inc user
- username MY_USERNAME_2 privilege 7 password 7 04060F04241D1C5A5T
- username MY_USERNAME_3 privilege 15