ZyXEL Communications 3.1 User Manual

Chapter 26 User/Group

ZyWALL (ZLD) CLI Reference Guide

The following table identifies the values required for many 

username/groupname

 commands. 

Other input values are discussed with the corresponding commands.

The following sections list the 

username/groupname

 commands.

The first table lists the commands for users.

username/groupname Command Input Values

The name of the user (account). You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters, underscores(

_

), 

or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive. 

The name of the user group. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters, underscores(

_

), or 

dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive. It cannot 
be the same as the user name.

username/groupname Commands Summary: Users

show username [username]

Displays information about the specified user or about all users 
set up in the ZyWALL.

username username nopassword user-type {admin | 

guest | limited-admin | user}

Creates the specified user (if necessary), disables the password, 
and sets the user type for the specified user.

username username password password user-type 

{admin | guest | limited-admin | user}

Creates the specified user (if necessary); enables and sets the 
password; and sets the user type for the specified user.

: You can use 1-63 printable ASCII characters, except 

double quotation marks (“) and question marks (?).

username username user-type ext-user

Creates the specified user (if necessary) and sets the user type 
to Ext-User.

username username user-type ext-group-user 

associated-aaa-server server_profile group-id id

Specify the value of the AD or LDAP server’s Group Membership 
Attribute that identifies the group to which the specified ext-
group-user type user account belongs. 

no username username

Deletes the specified user.

username rename username username

Renames the specified user (first username) to the specified 
username (second username).

username username [no] description description

Sets the description for the specified user. The 

no

 command 

clears the description.

: You can use alphanumeric and 

()+/

:=?!*#@$_%-

 characters, and it can be up to 60 characters 

long.

username username [no] logon-time-setting 

<default | manual>

Sets the account to use the factory default lease and 
reauthentication times or custom ones.