Extreme Networks Summit1 Creating a Management Account, Account name admin cannot be deleted

ACCESSING THE SWITCH

5Re-enter the new password at the prompt.

If you forget your password while logged out of the command-line interface, contact your local technical support representative, who will advise on your next course of action.

CREATING A MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT

The switch can have a total of sixteen management accounts. You can use the default names (admin and user), or you can create new names and passwords for the accounts. Passwords must have a minimum of 4 characters and can have a maximum of 12 characters.

The account name “admin” cannot be deleted.

To create a new account, follow these steps:

1Log in to the switch as admin.

2At the password prompt, press [Return].

3Add a new user by using the following command: create account [admin user] <username>

4Enter the password at the prompt.

5Re-enter the password at the prompt.

VIEWING SWITCH ACCOUNTS

To view the accounts that have been created, you must have administrator privileges. Enter the following to see the accounts:

show account

Output from the show accounts command is as follows:

#show	account
User	Name	Access	LoginOK	Failed	Session
-------------		------	-------	------	--------
	admin	R/W	0	0
	user	RO	0	0

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