Nortel 2526T Guía Del Usuario

Configuring Security using the CLI

The syntax for the

username

command is:

username <username> <password> [ro|rw]

The

username

command is executed in the Global Configuration command

mode.

Table 1 "username command parameters and variables" (page 36)

describes

the parameters and variables for the

username

command.

Table 1
username command parameters and variables

Parameters and
variables

Description

<username>

<password>

Enter your username for the first variable, and your
password for the second variable.

The default username values are RO for read-only
access and RW for read/write access.

ro|rw

Specifies that you are modifying the read-only (ro)
username or the read-write (rw) username.

The ro/rw variable is optional. If it is omitted, the
command applies to the read-only mode.

ATTENTION

After you configure the username and password with the

username

command,

if you then update the password using the

cli password

command (or

through Web-based management), the new password is set, but the username is
unchanged.

cli password command

You can set passwords using the

cli password

command for selected

types of access using the CLI, Telnet, or RADIUS security.

The CLI password is in two forms and performs the following functions for
the switch:

•

changes the password for access through the serial console port or
Telnet and Web-based management

•

specifies changing the password for the serial console port, or Telnet
and Web-based management access, and whether to authenticate the
password locally or with the RADIUS server

Nortel Ethernet Routing Switch 2500 Series

Security — Configuration and Management

NN47215-505 (323165-B)

02.01

Standard

4.1

19 November 2007