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users passwd
Use this command to change a password. Passwords are a maximum of 64 alphanumeric characters. If a user is authorized
for authentication or encryption is enabled, the password length must be at least eight alphanumeric characters. The
password is case sensitive. When you change a password, a prompt asks for the old password. If there is no password,
press enter. You must enter the <username> in the same case you used when you added the user. To see the case of the
<username>, enter the show users command.
Note: To specify a blank password in the configuration script, you must specify it as a space within quotes, for
example, " ". For more information about creating configuration scripts, see
on page
517.
Default
no password
Format
users passwd <username>
Mode
Global Config
no users passwd
This command sets the password of an existing user to blank. When you change a password, a prompt asks for the old
password. If there is no password, press enter.
Format
no users passwd <username>
Mode
Global Config
users passwd encrypted
This command allows the administrator to transfer local user passwords between devices without having to know the
passwords. The <password> parameter must be exactly 128 hexadecimal characters. The user represented by the
<username> parameter must be a pre-existing local user.
Format
users passwd <username> encrypted <password>
Mode
Global Config
users snmpv3 accessmode
This command specifies the snmpv3 access privileges for the specified login user. The valid accessmode values are
readonly or readwrite. The <username> is the login user name for which the specified access mode applies. The
default is readwrite for the "admin" user and readonly for all other users. You must enter the <username> in the same
case you used when you added the user. To see the case of the <username>, enter the show users command.
Defaults
• admin - readwrite
• other - readonly
Format
users snmpv3 accessmode <username> {readonly | readwrite}
Mode
Global Config
User Account Commands
"Configuration Scripting Commands"
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