Switching To Another Account; Checking Identity And Connected Users - Patton electronics SmartNode Series Software Configuration Manual

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide
Mode: Administrator execution
Step Command
1 node#show accounts
Example: Display account information
The following example shows how to display information about existing administrator and operator accounts.
node#show accounts
administrator accounts:
super
operator accounts:
support

Switching to another account

A user can use the command to switch from one user account to working in another. With this command,
su
a user can change from his current account to another existing account 'name'. After executing
account name to which the user wants to change as argument, he must enter the password of the particular
account to get privileged access.
Mode: Administrator or operator execution
Step Command
1 node>su account-name
Example: Switching to another account
The following example shows how to change from your current user account to an administrator account,
starting from the operator execution mode. In the example below the
identity within both accounts
login: support
password: <password>
node>who
You are operator support
node>su super
Enter password: <password>
node>who
You are administrator super

Checking identity and connected users

The command displays who is logged in or gives more detailed information about users and process
who
states. Depending on the execution mode, the command displays varying information. In administrator execu-
tion mode, the command output is more detailed and shows information about the ID, user name, state, idle
time, and location. In operator execution mode, only the user name being used at the moment is reported,
which helps checking the identity.
Accessing the SmartWare CLI task list
Displays the currently-configured administrator and operator
accounts
Changes to the user account account-name.
4 • Accessing the CLI
Purpose
Purpose
command is used to check the
who
with the
su
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