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Chapter 6 User Management Commands
User Management Commands are used to configure the user name and password for users to log
on to the Web management page with a certain access level so as to protect the settings of the
switch from being randomly changed.
user name
Description
The
user name
command is used to add a new user or modify the existed
user’s information. To delete the existed users, please use
no user name
command.
Syntax
user name
user-name
password
password
[
type
{ guest | admin }] [
status
{ disable | enable}] [
secret
{simple | cipher}]
no user name
user-name
Parameter
user-name
——Type a name for users' login, which contains 16 characters at
most, composing digits, English letters and underlines only.
password
——Type a password for users' login, which contains 16 characters at
most, composing digits, English letters and underlines only.
guest | admin —— Access level. Guest means that you can only view the
settings without the right to edit and modify. Admin means that you can edit,
modify and view all the settings of different functions. It is “admin” by default.
disable | enable ——Enable/disable the user. The new added user is enabled by
default.
simple | cipher —— The way of displaying password in configuration file. By
default, it is “simple”. This function is not supported by TL-SL2210.
Command Mode
Global Configuration Mode
Example
Add and enable a new admin user named tplink, of which the password is
password: