GE ML1200 instruction manual User Management

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

1.4.8User Management

A maximum of five users can be added per switch. Users can be added, deleted or changed from a manager level account. There can be more than one manager account, subject to the maximum number of users on the switch being restricted to five.

To add a user, use the add command as shown below. The user name has to be a unique name. The password is recommended to be at least 8 characters long with a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters.

add user=<name> level=<number>

The following example adds a user “peter” with manager-level privilege:

ML1200# user

ML1200(user)## add user=peter level=2

Enter User Password:******

Confirm New Password:******

ML1200(user)##

To delete a user, use the delete command as shown below.

delete user=<name>

The following example deletes the user “peter”:

ML1200(user)## delete user=peter

Confirm User Deletion(Y/N): Y

User successfully deleted

ML1200(user)##

The syntax to modify a password is shown below:

passwd user=<name>

The following example changes the password for user “peter”.

ML1200(user)## passwd user=peter

Enter New Password:******

Confirm New Password :******

Password has been modified successfully

ML1200(user)##

The syntax to modify the privilege level for a specific user is shown below:

chlevel user=<name> level=<number>

The following example modifies the privilege level of user “peter” to Operator privileges.

ML1200(user)## chlevel user=peter level=1

Access Permission Modified

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The syntax to set the access privileges for telnet and Web services is shown below:

useraccess user=<name> service=<telnetweb> <enabledisable>

The following example sets the access privileges for telnet and Web services.

ML1200(user)## useraccess user=peter service=telnet disable

Telnet Access Disabled.

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