Table 7-3 User privilege (continued)
User privilege
Overview
useradm
Manage user
accounts.
auditop
Refer to the audit
status.
auditadm
Control auditing.
fieldeng
Allow use by field
engineers.
The following example specifies useradm and platadm for the user account.
XSCF> setprivileges jsmith useradm platadm
Note - The setprivileges command assigns the user privilege of the specified operand.
To add a new user privilege to a user account already assigned a user privilege, specify the
existing user privilege too.
4.
Execute the showuser command to check information on a created user
account.
XSCF> showuser -l
User Name: jsmith
UID: 359
Status: Enabled
Minimum: 0
Maximum: 60
Warning: 15
Inactive: -1
Last Change: May 22, 2013
Password Expires: Jul 21, 2013
Password Inactive: Never
Account Expires: Never
Privileges: useradm
platadm
Note - Considering maintenance work, be sure to prepare a field engineer (FE) user account
that has the fieldeng user privilege.
We recommend that the system administrator create accounts with the platadm, useradm,
auditadm, and fieldeng user privileges.
Description of privilege
- Can create, delete, enable, and disable user
accounts.
- Can change user passwords and password
profiles.
- Can change user privileges.
Can refer to the XSCF audit status and audit
methods.
- Can control XSCF auditing.
- Can delete XSCF audit methods.
Permits field engineers to only be able to
perform maintenance work and change
device configurations.
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