Managing User Login Accounts
Page 8-14
User Write Privileges
To assign privileges to a user account, you must be logged into an account with WRITE privi-
leges to the USER family of commands. Enter the following command at the system prompt.
user userId [write list-of-families]
where userId indicates the name assigned to the user account for which you want to assign
READ and WRITE privileges. The list-of-families parameter indicates the switch command fami-
lies and the specific commands for which the user account will receive READ and WRITE privi-
leges. Command families must be separated by commas.
User Read Privileges
To assign READ-ONLY privileges to a user account, you must be logged into an account with
WRITE privileges to the USER family of commands. Enter the following command at the
system prompt.
user userId [read list-of-families]
where userId indicates the name assigned to the new login account for which you want to
assign READ-ONLY privileges. The list-of-families parameter indicates the switch command
families and the specific commands for which the user account will receive READ-ONLY privi-
leges. For a list of command families and specific commands, refer to the ‘‘Assigning Account
Privileges Using the UI Command Mode’’ section on page 8-16 or to ‘‘Adding a User Account
Using the CLI Command Mode’’ on page 8-13.
Removing Privileges
You can remove READ and WRITE privileges from a user created login account if you are
logged into an account with WRITE privileges to the USER command family. Use the follow-
ing command:
user userId no write list-of-families
You can remove READ-ONLY privileges from a user created login account by using the follow-
ing command:
user userId no read list-of-families
For both these commands, the userId parameter indicates the name assigned to the user
created login account for which you want to remove privileges. The list-of-families parameter
indicates the switch command families and the specific commands from which you want to
remove READ or WRITE privileges.