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Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting Commands on Cisco IOS XR Software
username
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Cisco IOS XR System Security Command Reference
username
To configure a new user with a username, establish a password, and grant permissions for the user, and
to enter username configuration mode, use the username command in global configuration mode. To
delete a user from the database, use the no form of this command.
username user-name [password {0 | 7} password | secret {0 | 5} password | group
usergroup-name]
no username user-name [password {0 | 7} password | secret {0 | 5} password | group
usergroup-name]
Syntax Description
Defaults No usernames are defined in the system.
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines To use this command, you must be in a user group associated with a task group that includes the proper
task IDs. For detailed information about user groups and task IDs, see the Configuring AAA Services on
Cisco IOS XR Software module of the Cisco IOS XR System Security Configuration Guide.
Use the username command to identify the user and enter username configuration mode. Password and
user group assignments can be made from either global configuration mode or username configuration
submode. Permissions (task IDs) are assigned by associating the user with one or more defined user
groups.
user-name Name of the user. The user-name argument can be only one word. Spaces and
quotation marks are not allowed.
password (Optional) Enables a password to be created for the named user.
0 (Optional) Specifies that an unencrypted (clear-text) password follows.
7 (Optional) Specifies that an encrypted password follows.
password (Optional) Specifies the character-string password to be entered by the user to log in.
secret (Optional) Enables a secure password to be created for the named user.
0 (Optional) Specifies that an unencrypted (clear-text) secret follows.
5 (Optional) Specifies an encrypted password follows.
group (Optional) Enables a named user to be associated with a user group.
usergroup-name (Optional) Name of a user group as defined with the usergroup command.
Release Modification
Release 2.0 This command was introduced on the Cisco CRS-1.
Release 3.0 No modification.
Release 3.2 This command was supported on the Cisco XR 12000 Series Router.
Release 3.3.0 Support was added to display all user names in global configuration mode.