Configure Account - Extreme Networks ExtremeWare Command Reference Manual

configure account

configure account <user account> {encrypted} {<password>}
Description
Configures a user account password.
Syntax Description
user account
encrypted
password
Default
N/A.
Usage Guidelines
You must create a user account before you can configure a user account. Use the
command to create a user account.
You must have administrator privileges to change passwords for accounts other than your own. User
names and passwords are case-sensitive.
The
encrypted
upload configuration
download configuration
For ExtremeWare 6.1 and higher:
• The password cannot be specified on the command line. Instead, the switch will interactively prompt
you to enter the password, and will then prompt you to reenter the password to verify that you have
entered it correctly.
For ExtremeWare 6.0 and higher:
• Passwords must have a minimum of 1 character and can have a maximum of 30 characters.
For ExtremeWare 4.x:
• Passwords must have a minimum of 4 characters and can have a maximum of 12 characters.
ExtremeWare Software 7.3.0 Command Reference Guide
Specifies a user account name.
This option is for use only by the switch when generating an ASCII
configuration file. Specifies that the password should be encrypted when the
configuration is uploaded to a file. Should not be used through the CLI.
Specifies a user password. Supported in ExtremeWare 4.x and ExtremeWare
6.0.x only. In
the password interactively.
option is used by the switch when generating an ASCII configuration file (using the
command), and parsing a switch-generated configuration file (using the
command). Do not select the encrypted option in the CLI.
ExtremeWare
6.1 and later, the switch will prompt for entry of
configure account
create account
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