On an Cisco IOS 12.4 lab router I have defined two users.
R1(config)#username admin privilege 15 secret cisco R1(config)#username john secret cisco
When I login as admin and run the sh priv command a 15 is returned, no surprise. If I login as John and run the sh priv command a 15 is also returned, I was surprised.
Am I interpreting this correctly? If you do not assign a privilege level to a username then that user operates at the default privilege level. If you are in enable mode that level is 15. So, by not defining a privilege level you are in affect granting level 15 access.
Thanks, John