Getting Help Within The Cli; Securing Cli User Accounts And The Privileged Mode Password; Add A Cli User Account - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0 Admin Manual

Getting Help within the CLI

The CLI contains the following commands for assisting your use.
Command
?
sho?
exp+TAB
show ?
show log ?
list

Securing CLI User Accounts and the Privileged Mode Password

You must manage CLI user accounts separately on each vShield virtual machine. By default, you use the
admin user account to log in to the CLI of each vShield virtual machine. The CLI admin account and password
are separate from the vShield Manager user interface admin account and password.
You should create a new CLI user account and remove the admin account to secure access to the CLI on each
vShield virtual machine.
User account management in the CLI conforms to the following rules.

You can create CLI user accounts. Each created user account has administrator‐level access to the CLI.

You cannot change the password for any CLI user account on a vShield Manager or vShield App virtual
machine. If you need to change a CLI user account password, you must delete the user account, and then
re‐add it with a new password. You can change the password of any non‐admin account on the vShield
Edge.
The CLI admin account password and the Privileged mode password are managed separately. The default
Privileged mode password is the same for each CLI user account. You should change the Privileged mode
password to secure access to the CLI configuration options.
I Each vShield virtual machine has two built‐in CLI user accounts for system use: nobody and
MPORTANT
vs_comm. Do not delete or modify these accounts. If these accounts are deleted or modified, the virtual
machine will not work.

Add a CLI User Account

You can add a user account with a strong password to secure CLI access to each vShield virtual machine. After
adding a user account, you should delete the admin user account.
To add a CLI user account
1 Log in to the vSphere Client.
2 Select a vShield virtual machine from the inventory.
3 Click the Console tab to open a CLI session.
4 Log in by using the admin account.
manager login: admin
password:
manager>
5 Switch to Privileged mode.
manager> enable
password:
manager#
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Description
Moves the pointer to the beginning of the line.
Displays a list of commands that begin with a particular character string.
Completes a partial command name.
Lists the associated keywords of a command.
Lists the associated arguments of a keyword.
Displays the verbose options of all commands for the current mode.
Appendix A Command Line Interface
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