Configuration Guide
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Managing System
User Management Configurations
3.2 Using the CLI
3.2.1 Creating Admin Accounts
Follow these steps to create an Admin account:
Step 1
configure
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
Use the following command to create an account unencrypted or symmetric encrypted.
user name
name
{ privilege
admin
} password {
[ 0 ]
password
|
7
encrypted-password
}
Create an account whose access level is Admin.
name
: Enter a user name for users’ login. It contains 16 characters at most, composed of
digits, English letters and underscore only.
admin
: Select the access level for the user. Admin can edit, modify and view all the settings of
different functions.
0
: Specify the encryption type. 0 indicates that the password you entered is unencrypted, and
the password is saved to the configuration file unencrypted. By default, the encryption type is 0.
password
: Enter a password for users’ login. It is a string from 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters
or symbols. The password is case sensitive, allows digits, English letters (case sensitive),
underlines and sixteen special characters.
7
: Specify the encryption type. 7 indicates that the password you entered is symmetric
encrypted, and the password is saved to the configuration file symmetric encrypted.
encrypted-password
: Enter a symmetric encrypted password with fixed length, which you can
copy from another switch’s configuration file. After the encrypted password is configured, you
should use the corresponding unencrypted password to reenter this mode.
Use the following command to create an account MD5 encrypted.
user name
name
{ privilege
admin
} secret {
[ 0 ]
password
|
5
encrypted-password
}
Create an account whose access level is Admin.
name
: Enter a user name for users’ login. It contains 16 characters at most, composed of
digits, English letters and underscore only.
admin
: Select the access level for the user. Admin can edit, modify and view all the settings of
different functions.
0
: Specify the encryption type. 0 indicates that the password you entered is unencrypted, but
the password is saved to the configuration file MD5 encrypted. By default, the encryption type
is 0.
password
: Enter a password for users’ login. It is a string from 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters
or symbols. The password is case sensitive, allows digits, English letters (case sensitive),
underlines and sixteen special characters.
5
: Specify the encryption type. 5 indicates that the password you entered is MD5 encrypted,
and the password is saved to the configuration file MD5 encrypted.
encrypted-password
: Enter a MD5 encrypted password with fixed length, which you can copy
from another switch’s configuration file.
