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To add a user:
Issue a User Add command.
USER ADD <username> [PASSWORD=<pwd>] [SSHKEY=<keyfi le>]
[FTPIP=<ftpadd>] [KEY=<sshkey>] [ACCESS=<access>]
You must specify a username. You must also specify a password or SSH user
key information, or you may specify both. You may also include an access
level or access rights. For more information, see Connecting to devices using
SSH and Access rights and levels in this chapter and User Add command in
Chapter 5.
To change a user’s confi guration information:
Issue a User Set command.
USER SET <username> [PASSWORD=<pwd>] [SSHKEY=<keyfi le>]
[FTPIP=<ftpadd>] [KEY=<sshkey>] [ACCESS=<access>]
You may change your own password at any time. You must have USER access
rights to change another user’s password or to change any user’s SSH user key
information and access rights.
To remove an SSH user key or password, specify Key=“” or Password=“”.
You cannot remove both the password and the SSH key from a user’s
definition; one must remain in the user database. Also, you cannot remove a
user’s key or password if that removal would result in no valid users having
USER access rights.
For more information, see Connecting to devices using SSH and Access rights and
levels in this chapter and User Set command in Chapter 5.
To delete a user:
Issue a User Delete command.
USER DELETE <username>
If the specified user is currently logged in, a message is sent to the user
indicating that access is no longer permitted, and the user’s Telnet session is
terminated. For more information, see User Delete command in Chapter 5.
To display user confi guration information:
1. To display information about one user, issue a Show User command,
specifying the username.
SHOW USER <username>