Carrier Access 770-0125-AB Logging In With the Command Line Interface CLI, ACT-USERNSP1234

Configuration

Logging In With the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Logging In With the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Once you have command line management access to the BROADway system (you are at the NSP1> or NSP2> prompt), you can log in.

To log in to the BROADway system using the command line interface use the following TL1 command:

ACT-USER::NSP:1234::<username>,<password>;

<username>—The name of the user account (default is CUSTOMER). <password>—The account’s password (default is BROADWAY).

NOTE: User names and passwords are case sensitive.

For example:

ACT-USER::NSP:1234::CUSTOMER,BROADWAY;

Alternatively, the following form of the ACT-USER command can be used:

ACT-USER::NSP:1234;

This version presents the user with a LOGIN: and PASSWORD: prompt, much like a Telnet login

prompt. At the PASSWORD: prompt, the typed information is not echoed back to the screen for security purposes.

When you first log in to the BROADway system, you will default to the TL1 command line interface. When you create and edit user accounts using TL1 commands you can specify the default command line interface (see User Account Management Using TL1 on page 3-16).

Some configuration steps might only be performed with TL1 and some might only be performed with the packet services (PS) command line interface. Therefore, when performing configuration work using a CLI you might need to switch back and forth between TL1 and PS command shells.

You can tell which CLI you are currently using by looking at the terminal prompt. TL1 uses the NSP1> or NSP2> prompt. Packet services uses the PS# or PS> prompt (depending on your user permission level).

To switch to the PS> prompt from the NSP> prompt, type ps and press ENTER. To switch from the PS> prompt back to the TL1 NSP> prompt, type exit repeatedly until the NSP> prompt is displayed. To log out from the BROADway system using TL1, use the CANC-USERcommand:

CANC-USER::NSP:1234;

If you are accessing the BROADway system from a Telnet client and your Telnet session times out, you will need to re-login using the ACT-USERcommand. Your Telnet session times out after approximately 10 minutes of no activity. If you log out using the CANC-USERcommand, you will need to use the ACT-USERcommand to log back in.

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