Deleting User-Defined Accounts; Changing User Account Parameters - Brocade Communications Systems 8 Administrator's Manual

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User-defined accounts

Deleting user-defined accounts

Use the following procedure to delete user-defined accounts.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Select the User tab.
3. Select the account to remove and click Remove.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
You cannot delete the default accounts. An account cannot delete itself. All active command line
interface (CLI) sessions for the deleted account are logged out.

Changing user account parameters

Use the following procedure to change the role, add or change the description, and enable or
disable accounts. Note that you cannot change the user name of the account using this procedure.
To change the user name, you must delete the account and create a new account.
Users can select their own accounts in the user account table and change the password. All other
buttons are unavailable.
Use the following procedure to change the user account parameters.
1. Open the Switch Administration window as described in
2. Select the User tab.
3. Select the account to modify.
4. Click Modify.
5. Select a role from the menu.
6. Enter a new description.
7.
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NOTE
You cannot modify the default root and factory accounts, even if you are logged in as root.
The Modify User Account dialog box displays.
NOTE
If the user account you are modifying does not have a subset of your Admin Domains, a
warning message displays to inform you of the permissions conflict.
You can change the role only on user-level accounts. You cannot change the role on the admin
or root accounts. You cannot change the role of your own account.
You can change the description only on user-level accounts. You cannot change the description
of the default accounts. You cannot change the description of your own account.
Click Enabled or Disabled to enable or disable the account.
You can enable and disable user- and admin-level accounts, but not your own account. You
cannot enable or disable your own account or the factory account. Only the root account can
disable itself. If you disable an account, all active CLI sessions for that account are logged out.
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