Brocade Fabric OS Command Reference Manual Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (April 2011)

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Use the distribute command to distribute the account database manually to other switches in the fabric.
Target switches must be configured to accept the database. Accounts that are not consistent with the
distributed database are overwritten. Account recovery from backup or access to backup data is not
supported..
This command supports the following roles. These roles define access permissions for Fabric OS
Commands. In a Logical Fabric environment, you can additionally define access to chassis-level
commands. An account can have one role in the Logical Fabric, and another role regarding chassis
commands.
User
Nonadministrative use, such as monitoring system activity.
Operator
A subset of administrative tasks for routine switch maintenance.
SwitchAdmin
Administrative use excluding security, user management, and zoning.
ZoneAdmin
Zone management.
FabricAdmin
Administrative use excluding user management and AD management.
BasicSwitchAdmin
Administrative use with a subset of admin-level commands, mostly for monitoring
with limited switch (local) access.
Admin
All administrative commands.
SecurityAdmin
All switch security and user management functions.
NOTES The userConfig command operates on the switch-local user database only, regardless of whether the
switch is configured to use RADIUS or LDAP authentication.
The account database supports a maximum of 256 customer created accounts.
The execution of this command is subject to Virtual Fabric or Admin Domain restrictions that may be in
place. Refer to Chapter 1, "Using Fabric OS Commands" and Appendix A, "Command Availability" for
details.
OPERANDS This command has the following operands:
--show
Displays user account information. Only accounts with SecurityAdmin and Admin
roles can show information about accounts other than the current login account.
The following operands are optional:
username
Specifies the account login name. When no operand is specified, the command
displays the current account information.
-a
Displays information about all accounts.
-r rolename
Displays information about all accounts with the specified role.