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24 ExtremeWarePx1 1.2 Command Reference Guide

Commands for Managing the Switch

conﬁgure account

configure account <user account> {encrypted} {<password>}

Description

ConÞgures a user account password.

Syntax Description

Default

N/A.

Usage Guidelines

You must create a user account (with the create account command) before you can conÞgure a user

account.

You must have administrator privileges to change passwords for accounts other than your own.

You should not use the encrypted option when you enter a command interactively. This option is used

by the switch when generating an ASCII conÞguration Þle (using the upload configuration command),

and parsing a switch-generated conÞguration Þle (using the download configuration command).

If you do not specify the password on the command line, the switch will prompt you to enter the

password, and will then prompt you to reenter the password to verify that you have entered it correctly.

Your keystrokes are not echoed as you enter and reenter the new password. Assuming you enter the

same password in response to both prompts, the password is changed.

You must use the build command to commit the conÞguration changes made by this command.

Example

The following command deÞnes a new password for the account admin:

SummitPx1:3 # configure account "admin"

password:

Reenter password:

The following command deÞnes a new password, Extreme1, for the account user:

SummitPx1:4 # configure account "user" Extreme1

A conÞguration Þle may contain the following command:

configure account "foo" encrypted "eo2JTd$WKJ2FUOwZzRhCbjFxn2U3/"

user account An existing user account name.

encrypted Specifies that the password should be encrypted when the configuration is uploaded to a

file. Should not be used through the command-line interface.

This option is for use only by the switch when generating an ASCII configuration file.

password A user password, which can be up to 31 characters in length and is case sensitive. If you

omit the password, the switch will prompt for interactive entry of the password.