Administrator Guide

Example
username smartuser privilege 15
Smartuser is the default username used for running the scripts on the device,
which takes the privilege based on the user session.
username
Configure an additional username and password to use only to run scripts on a switch. Use the username
and password to log in to a UNIX shell and apply the read-write privileges assigned to the username
when a script runs.
S4810, S4820T, S5000, S6000, Z9000, Z9500 and MXL Switch
Syntax
username name password password
To remove the username and password, use the no username command.
Parameters
name
Enter a username to access the UNIX shell. The username
must be less than 16 characters to satisfy the BSD UNIX login
requirements. A username running scripts cannot contain
special characters.
password
password
Enter a password to access the UNIX shell.
Defaults none
Command
Modes
CONFIGURATION
Command
History
This guide is platform-specific. For command information about other platforms,
refer to the relevant Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
The following is a list of the Dell Networking OS version history for this command.
Version Description
9.6(0.0) Introduced on the S5000.
9.5(0.1) Introduced on the Z9500.
9.2(0.0) Introduced on the MXL Switch.
9.0.2.0 Introduced on the S6000.
9.0.0.0 Introduced on the Z9000.
8.3.19.0 Introduced on the S4820T.
8.3.8.0 Introduced on the S4810.
Usage
Information
When you run a script from the Dell Networking OS CLI with the script (run)
command, you can specify an optional username to apply the read-write privileges
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Smart Scripting CLI