Cisco Headend Digital Broadband Delivery System
Chapter 2 User Accounts and Roles
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9 Did you select the option to create an Administrator account (option 3 in step 4)?
If yes, the system prompts for the WebUI password. Follow these steps:
a Type the user's WebUI Administrative Console password and press Enter.
b Re-type the user's WebUI Administrative Console password and press
b Re-type the user's WebUI Administrative Console password and press
Enter.
If no, the create_users program reappears. Go to the next step.
10 Do you need to add another user?
If yes, repeat this procedure from step 4.
If no, type q (for quit) to close the create_users menu.
Change the User's Command Line Prompt and Enable Command Line vi Commands
Follow these instructions to change the new user's command line prompt and to
enable vi commands at the command line.
1 Type
enable vi commands at the command line.
1 Type
cd /export/home/[username]
and press Enter. The user's home
directory becomes the active directory. Do not type the brackets in the command.
2 Open the user's .profile file in a UNIX text editor.
3 Add the following lines to the .profile file:
3 Add the following lines to the .profile file:
export PS1="$LOGNAME@'hostname':$PWD>"
set -o vi
4 Save and close the user's .profile file.
Unlocking a User Account
Note: This topic applies to the OS login accounts on the DNCS, the RNCS, and the
Application Server. Account locking is not applicable to the WebUI users on the
DNCS.
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Application Server. Account locking is not applicable to the WebUI users on the
DNCS.
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Open an xterm window on the system.
2 Log into the system as root:
a At the prompt, type
su -
and press Enter.
b Type the root password and press Enter.
3 Type
passwd -s [username]
and press Enter to display the user account
password attributes.
Notes:
Notes:
Substitute the user account name for [username] in the command. Do not
type the brackets in the command.
type the brackets in the command.
Locked user accounts display with LK immediately after the username.
Examples:
Locked user account:
dncsuser
LK
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Unlocked user account:
dncsuser PS
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