Cisco Cisco ASR 5700
Context Configuration Mode Commands N-R
operator ▀
Command Line Interface Reference, StarOS Release 17 ▄
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operator
Configures a context-level operator account within the current context.
Product
All
Privilege
Security Administrator
Mode
Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration
configure > context context_name
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-ctx)#
Syntax
operator user_name [ encrypted ] [ nopassword ] password password [ ecs ] [ expiry-date
date_time ] [ li-administration ] [ noecs ] [ timeout-absolute abs_seconds ] [ timeout-
min-absolute abs_minutes ] [ timeout-idle timeout_duration ] [ timeout-min-idle
idle_minutes ]
date_time ] [ li-administration ] [ noecs ] [ timeout-absolute abs_seconds ] [ timeout-
min-absolute abs_minutes ] [ timeout-idle timeout_duration ] [ timeout-min-idle
idle_minutes ]
no operator user_name
no
Removes a previously configured context-level operator account.
user_name
Specifies a name for the account as an alphanumeric string of 1 through 32 characters.
[ encrypted ] password password
Specifies the password to use for the user which is being given context-level operator privileges within the
current context. The
current context. The
encrypted
keyword indicates the password specified uses encryption.
password
is an alphanumeric string of 1 through 63 characters without encryption, or 1 through 127 with
encryption.
The
The
encrypted
keyword is intended only for use by the system while saving configuration scripts. The
system displays the
encrypted
keyword in the configuration file as a flag that the variable following the
password
keyword is the encrypted version of the plain text password. Only the encrypted password is saved
as part of the configuration file.
[ nopassword ]
This option allows you to create an operator without an associated password. Enable this option when using ssh public
keys (authorized key command in SSH Configuration mode) as a sole means of authentication. When enabled this
option prevents someone from using an operator password to gain access to the user account.
keys (authorized key command in SSH Configuration mode) as a sole means of authentication. When enabled this
option prevents someone from using an operator password to gain access to the user account.
ecs
Permits the specific user to access ACS-specific configuration commands from Exec Mode only. Default:
ACS-specific configuration commands are not allowed.
ACS-specific configuration commands are not allowed.