show all users on a Catalyst Cisco switch

Question

I am new to Cisco, I am having some difficulty:

I'd like to list all user accounts. show users only displays currently logged in users.

I have no problem changing the enable password, but I'd like to see all available users so I can change specific user passwords as well.

Using 3750, 3560 switches and 55/10-20 ASAs.

score 11 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 19 '15 at 13:19

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Q1. How do I list all user accounts?

From the enable prompt, run show run | i username...

CORE01.PUB.DAL01#sh run | i user
username operator password 7 <someHashedPassword>
CORE01.PUB.DAL01#

Q2. How would I reset the password for a specific user?

Change the password from configuration mode

CORE01.PUB.DAL01#conf t
CORE01.PUB.DAL01(config)#username <someuser> password 0 <somepassword>

Syntax is slightly different for an ASA...

mpenning-fw(config)# user <someuser> password <somepassword>

edited Feb 19 '15 at 13:19

Frederik

answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:06

Mike Pennington

You don't actually need to remove the user first (`no username ` you can just change the password with the `username` command. – Zypher Jul 23 '12 at 18:13
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That's not surprising, I just did not have a lab machine available to demonstrate, so I took the safest approach :-). BTW, nice blog post about sysadmin team efficiency – Mike Pennington Jul 23 '12 at 18:15

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '12 at 18:10

local users in Ciso IOS are listed in the running-config with the "username".

For your switches type "show run | b username" and look at the users listed there.

For the ASA it's a little bit easier, just type "show run username".

If the users are not local (radius, etc.) then you'll need to look on that server for the user list.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 07 '22 at 00:57

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To list all users: "show running-config | include username"

If usernames are using secrets command to reset user secret: "username %username% secret 0 %secret%"

answered Sep 07 '22 at 00:57

greenvomit8

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