Chapter 21: Access Management and Security (CLI)
Configuring Users (CLI)
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Limiting Access Protocols for a User Profile (CLI)
The user profile can limit the access channels that users with the user profile can use to access the
system. By default, a user profile includes all access channels.
Use the following command to limit the protocols users with this user profile can use to access the
system.
root> platform security access-control profile edit mng-channel name
<profile-name> channel-type <channel-type> allowed <allowed>
Table 201 User Profile Access Protocols CLI Parameters
Parameter
Input Type
Permitted Values
Description
profile--
name
Text String
Up to 49 characters
The name of the user profile.
profile-
name
Text String
Up to 49 characters
The name of the user profile.
channel-
type
Variable
Serial
Web
NMS
Telnet
SSH
The access channel type allowed
or disallowed by the command for
users with this user profile.
allowed
Boolean
yes
no
yes – Users with this user profile
can access the access channel type
defined in the preceding
parameter.
no - Users with this user profile
cannot access the access channel
type defined in the preceding
parameter.
Example
The following command prevents users with the user profile “operator” from accessing the
system via NMS:
root> platform security access-control profile edit mng-channel name
operator channel-type NMS allowed no
Configuring User Accounts (CLI)
You can configure up to 2,000 users. Each user has a user name, password, and user profile. The
user profile defines a set of read and write permission levels per functionality group (see