Update user username and password
For security reasons, here the procedure to update the username and the password of a user.
Here how to update the enable password.
enable
configure terminal
enable secret new-password
Here how to update the username and password of a user for a WebUI access.
enable
configure terminal
username new-username privilege 15 privilege 15 secret new-password
no username old-username
Here how to update the username and password of a classic user.
enable
configure terminal
username new-username password 0 new-password
no username old-username
After that, you can enable the password encryption and save the configuration
service password-encryption
exit
copy running-config startup-config
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