Creating A User; Removing A User; User-Configured Password - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6800 Series Management Manual

Creating a User

Creating a User
To create a new user, enter the
keyword. For example:
-> user thomas password techpubs
In this example, a user account with a user name of thomas and a password of techpubs is stored in the
local user database.
Typically the password should be a string of non-repeating characters. The CLI uses the first occurrence of
the character series to uniquely identify the password. For example, the password tpubtpub is the same as
tpub. A better password might be tpub3457.
Note. The exclamation point (!) is not a valid password character. In addition, specifying an asterisk (*) as
one or more characters in a password is allowed as long as every character is not an asterisk. For example,
password **123456** is allowed; password ******** is not allowed.
If privileges are not specified for the user, the user will inherit all of the privileges of the default user
account. See "Default User Settings" on page
Note that the password will not display in clear text in an ASCII configuration file produced by the
snapshot command. Instead, it will display in encrypted form. See
tion Files," for information about using the snapshot command.

Removing a User

To remove a user from the local database, use the no form of the command:
-> no user thomas
The user account for thomas is removed from the local user database.

User-Configured Password

Users may change their own passwords by using the password command. In this example, the current user
wants to change her password to my_passwd. Follow these steps to change the password:
1
Enter the password command. The system displays a prompt for the new password:
-> password
enter old password:
2 Enter the old password. (The password is concealed with asterisks.) A prompt displays for the new
password.
-> password
enter old password:********
enter new password:
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user command with the desired username and password. Use the password
7-8.
OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Switch Management Guide
Managing Switch User Accounts
Chapter 6, "Working With Configura-
December 2007