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Appendix A Command Line Interface
user
Adds a CLI user account. The user
admin
is the default user account. The CLI admin account and password
are separate from the vShield Manager user interface admin account and password.
You cannot change the password for a CLI user. You must delete a user account and re-add it to change the
password. If you must change a password, create a new user account to prevent CLI lockout.
To remove a CLI user account, use
no
before the command.
Syntax
[no] user
USERNAME
password (hash | plaintext)
PASSWORD
CLI Mode
Configuration
Example
vShield(config)# user newuser1 password plaintext abcd1234
or
vShield(config) no user newuser1
web-manager
Starts the Web service on the vShield Manager. The Web service is started after the vShield Manager is
installed.
To stop the web service (HTTP daemon) on the vShield Manager, use
no
before the command. This command
makes the vShield Manager unavailable to Web Console browser sessions.
Syntax
[no] web-manager
CLI Mode
Configuration
Usage Guidelines
vShield Manager CLI. You can use this command after you have run the
no web-manager
command to stop
and then restart the HTTP services of the vShield Manager.
Example
manager(config)# no web-manager
manager(config)# web-manager
I
MPORTANT
Each vShield virtual machine has two built-in CLI user accounts for system use: nobody and
vs_comm. Do not delete or modify these accounts. If these accounts are deleted or modified, the virtual
machine will not work.
Option
Description
USERNAME
Login name of the user.
hash
Masks the password by using the MD5 hash. You can view and copy the provided MD5 hash
by running the
show running-config
command.
plaintext
Keeps the password unmasked.
PASSWORD
Password to use.
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