Cisco Password Question

[Iluvnetwork]

1. username cisco privilege 0~15 -> Why there are total 16 levels of privilege? Because I can only set up one username and one password right?  

2. Is there a way to encrypt username? 

3.

User Mode -> Privileged Mode --- Password: Cisco

line console 0 -> Username: Pencil, Password: Case

line vty 0 4 -> Username: Telnet, Password: Ssh

-> Is there a way to configure the username and password like that and encrpyt all usernames and passwords? 

[Georg Pauwen · Accepted solution]

Hello,

you can actually create as many users as you want, and assign different privilege levels:

username admin1 privilege 1 password 0 adminone

username admin2 privilege 2 password 0 admintwo

username admin3 privilege 3 password 0 adminthree

...

...

You cannot encrypt the username.

For your console and VTY access, create a local username and specify that you want to use local login on those lines:

username Pencil privilege 15 password 0 Cisco

username Telnet privilege 15 password 0 Ssh

line con 0

login local

line vty 0 4

login local

[Iluvnetwork]

BTW, I can access console and VTY using both Pencil and Telent username right?

username admin1 privilege 1 password 0 adminone

username admin2 privilege 2 password 0 admintwo

-> What does password 0 or 7 mean?

0 Specifies an UNENCRYPTED password will follow
7 Specifies a HIDDEN password will follow

-----> Aftering reading descriptions, still don't get it :(