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ServerIron ADX Administration Guide 105
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Setting up local user accounts
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• A management privilege level, which can be one of the following:
• Super User level – Allows complete read-and-write access to the system. This is generally
for system administrators and is the only privilege level that allows you to configure
passwords. This is the default.
• Port Configuration level – Allows read-and-write access for specific ports but not for global
(system-wide) parameters.
• Read Only level – Allows access to the Privileged EXEC mode and CONFIG mode but only
with read access.
Configuring a local user account
To configure a local user account, enter a command such as the following at the global CONFIG
level of the CLI.
ServerIronADX(config)# username wonka password willy
This command adds a local user account with the user name “wonka” and the password “willy”.
This account has the Super User privilege level; this user has full access to all configuration and
display features.
NOTE
If you configure local user accounts, you must grant Super User level access to at least one account
before you add accounts with other privilege levels. You need the Super User account to make
further administrative changes.
ServerIronADX(config)# username waldo privilege 5 password whereis
This command adds a user account for user name “waldo”, password “whereis”, with the Read
Only privilege level. Waldo can look for information but cannot make configuration changes.
Syntax: [no] username <user-string> privilege <privilege-level> password | nopassword
<password-string>
The privilege parameter specifies the privilege level for the account. You can specify one of the
following:
• 0 – Super User level (full read-write access)
• 4 – Port Configuration level
• 5 – Read Only level
The default privilege level is 0. If you want to assign Super User level access to the account, you
can enter the command without privilege 0, as shown in the command example above.
The password | nopassword parameter indicates whether the user must enter a password. If you
specify password, enter the string for the user's password.
NOTE
You must be logged on with Super User access (privilege level 0) to add user accounts or configure
other access parameters.