Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions omniswitch User Manual

Managing Switch User Accounts

Overview of User Accounts

OmniSwitch 6600 Family Switch Management Guide

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1 Configure the user with the relevant username and password. For example, to create a user called 
thomas with a password of pubs, enter the following:

-> user thomas password techpubs

For information about creating a user and setting up a password, see 

.

2 Configure the user privileges (and SNMP access) if the user should have privileges that are different 
than those set up for the default user account. For example:

-> user thomas read-write domain-network ip-helper telnet

For information about the default user settings, see the next section. For information about setting up priv-
ileges, see 

.

Note. Optional. To verify the user account, enter the show user command. The display is similar to the 
following:

User name = admin

Read Only for domains   

= None,

Read/Write for domains  

= All ,

Snmp not allowed

User name = public

Read Only for domains   

= None,

Read/Write for domains  

= All ,

Snmp authentication     

= NONE, Snmp encryption = NONE

User name = thomas

Read Only for domains   

= None,

Read/Write for domains  

= Network ,

Read/Write for families 

= telnet ip-helper ,

Snmp not allowed

User name = default

Read Only for domains   

= None,

Read/Write for domains  

= None,

Snmp not allowed

For more information about the show user command, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.