Enable a CLI User

About this task

Perform this procedure to enable a user.

Procedure

  1. Enter Global Configuration mode:

    enable

    configure terminal

  2. Enable the user:

    username WORD<1-20> enable

  3. Verify the user the configuration:

    show cli username

Example

Enable the CLI user:

Switch:1>enable
Switch:1#configure terminal
Switch:1(config)#username rw enable
Switch:1(config)#username m3 enable
Switch:1(config)#username m2 enable

Display CLI user information:

Switch:1#show cli username
=============================================================
UserName              AccessLevel    State        Type
=============================================================
ro                    ro             enable       default
rw                    rw             enable       default
rwa                   rwa            NA           default
mar1                  rw             enable       userDefined
mar2                  ro             enable       userDefined
m3                    l3             enable       default
m2                    l2             enable       default
l1                    l1             enable       default

Display username information:

Switch:1(config)#show cli username
=============================================================
UserName              AccessLevel    State        Type
=============================================================
ro                    ro             enable       default
rw                    rw             disable      default
rwa                   rwa            NA           default
mar1                  rw             enable       userDefined
mar2                  ro             enable       userDefined
m3                    l3             disable      default
m2                    l2             disable      default
l1                    l1             enable       default