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Setting up local user accounts
The privilege parameter specifies the privilege level for the account. You can specify one of the
following:
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The default privilege level is 0. If you want to assign Super User level access to the account, you
can enter the command without privilege 0, as shown in the command example above.
The password | nopassword parameter indicates whether the user must enter a password. If you
specify password, enter the string for the user's password.
NOTE
You must be logged on with Super User access (privilege level 0) to add user accounts or configure
other access parameters.
To display user account information, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config)# show users
Syntax: show users
Changing local user passwords
This section shows how to change the password for an existing local user account. The device
stores not only the current password configured for a local user, but the previous two passwords
configured for the user as well. The local user's password cannot be changed to one of the stored
passwords.
Consequently, if you change the password for a local user, you must select a password that is
different from the current password, as well as different from the previous two passwords that had
been configured for that user.
For example, say local user waldo originally had a password of "whereis", and the password was
subsequently changed to "whois", then later changed to "whyis". If you change waldo's password
again, you cannot change it to "whereis", "whois", or "whyis".
Using the CLI
To change a local user password using the CLI, enter a command such as the following at the
global CONFIG level of the CLI.
NOTE
You must be logged on with Super User access (privilege level 0) to change user passwords.
BigIron RX(config)# username wonka password willy
This command changes wonka's user name password to "willy".
Syntax: [no] username <user-string> password <password-string>
Enter up to 255 characters for <user-string>.
The <password-string> parameter is the user password. The password can be up to 255
characters and must differ from the current password and two previously configured passwords.
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0 – Super User level (full read-write access)
4 – Port Configuration level
5 – Read Only level
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