set system login user authentication plain-text-password
To create the password for a user account, use the set system login user authentication plain-text-password command in L2/L3 configuration mode. To remove the password for a user, use the delete form of the command.
NOTE: The encryption algorithm used to save user password to local is MD5.
Command Syntax
set system login user <username> authentication plain-text-password <password>
delete system login user <username> authentication plain-text-password
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
user <username> | Name of user. The value is a string. |
plain-text-password <password> | User's password. The value is a string that must be at least 6 characters. The password can support the below complexity:
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Example
The following example sets the password for user alpha; if the username does not already exist, the command will also create it.
admin@Switch# set system login user alpha authentication plain-text-password mypica8
admin@XorPlus# commit This example demonstrates how to create a password for the user admin:
admin@XorPlus# set system login user admin authentication plain-text-password pica8pica8
admin@XorPlus# commit