authentication username (PPP/MLP over T1)

This command sets the username to be used by this PPP/MLP serial interface during the authentication phase of the PPP negotiation.

Syntax

authentication username <username>

Command	Description
username	Defines the username string

Default

By default, the username is set to ‘user’.

Command Mode

Privileged User

Example

This example sets the username on the PPP serial interface 0/0:

(conf-if-serial-ppp 0/0)# authentication username JohnA