3. Operations
Changing a password
The Set User Password command changes a user’s password. For security, when you type a password, the
characters are not displayed on the screen. See
Usernames and Passwords
for more information.
To change a password:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type
set user password
, followed by a username and press
Enter
.
At the Password: prompt, type the new password and press
Enter
. Passwords may contain up to 16
characters, and spaces are not allowed. To specify no password, press
Enter
at the prompt.
At the Verify Password: prompt, retype the new password and press Enter. To verify no password, press
Enter
at the prompt.
Examples
The following command changes the password for the user JohnDoe:
Switched PDU: set user password johndoe<Enter>
Password: <Enter>
Verify Password: <Enter>
The following command blanks the password for the user JaneDoe:
Switched PDU: set user password<Enter>
Username: janedoe<Enter>
Password: <Enter>
Verify Password: <Enter>
Setting user access level privileges
The Set User Access command sets the access level privileges for a user. The Switched PDU has four
defined access privilege levels; Admin, User, On-Only and View-Only. For more information on user access
levels, see
Changing a user’s access privilege level:
on page 19.
The administrator may also grant administrative privileges to other user accounts allowing the Switched PDU to
have more than one administrative-level user.
NOTE: You cannot remove administrative privileges from the Admn user unless another user has already been
given administrative access level privileges created.
To set the access level privilege for a user:
At the Switched PDU: prompt, type
set user access
, followed by
admin
,
user
,
ononly
or
viewonly,
optionally followed by a username and press
Enter
.
Examples
The following command sets the user access level for JohnDoe to Admin:
Switched PDU: set user access admin johndoe<Enter>
The following command sets the user access level for JaneDoe to User:
Switched PDU: set user access user janedoe<Enter>
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