Set A Root Password And An Optional Hostname - Juniper PTX10004 Manual

4. Log in as root. There is no password. If the software boots before you connect to the console port,
you might need to press the Enter key for the prompt to appear.
Amnesiac <ttyd0>
login: root
5. Start the CLI.
root@% cli

Set a Root Password and an Optional Hostname

1. Add a password to the root administration user account.
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root@# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
password
New password:
Retype new password:
2. (Optional) Configure the name of the router. If the name includes spaces, enclose the name in
quotation marks (" ").
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root@# set system host-name
3. (Optional) Create a user account.
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root# set system login user
password
New password:
Retype new password:
4. (Optional) Set the user account class to super-user.
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root# set system login user
password
host-name
user-name authentication plain-text-password
password
user-name class super-user
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