Cisco IOS/Associate a user with default higher privileges

Basic Example:
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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 15 Router(config)#^Z Router# 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

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

R1(config)#username MY_USERNAME_1 algorithm-type scrypt secret MY_PASSWORD R1(config)#

Error in case user where already created with password option: 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.

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

Activities

 * 1) Configure a user with public key access Cisco IOS/Configure public RSA key authentication
 * 2) Learn about different Cisco Router Password Types: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-27166
 * 3) List users:
 * 4) Delete a user with   command