Nortel Networks 4050 manual User access levels

776Chapter 16 The Command Line Interface

Access to the Nortel SNAS 4050 CLI and settings is controlled through the use of four predefined user accounts and passwords. Once you are connected to the Nortel SNAS 4050 by a console connection or remote connection (Telnet or SSH), you are prompted to enter a user account name and the corresponding password. Table 175 lists the default user accounts and passwords for each access level.

Note: The default Administrator user password can be changed during the initial configuration (see “Initial setup” on page 49). However, the default passwords for the Operator user, the Boot user, and the Root user are used even after the initial configuration. Nortel therefore recommends that you change the default Nortel SNAS 4050 passwords for the Operator and Root user soon after the initial configuration, and as regularly as required under your network security policies.

For more information about how to change a user account password, see “Changing passwords” on page 366.

Table 175 User access levels

User Account	User Group	Access Level Description	Default
			Password
oper	oper	The Operator is allowed read access to some of the	oper
		menus and information available in the CLI.
admin	admin	The Administrator is allowed both read and write	admin
	oper	access to all menus, information and configuration
		commands.
	certadmin
		The Administrator can add users to all groups in which
		the Administrator himself or herself is a member. The
		Administrator can delete a user from any of the other
		three built-in groups.
	certadmin	By default, only the Administrator is a member of the
		certadmin group.
		Certadmin group rights are sufficient for administrating
		certificates and keys on the Nortel SNAS 4050. A
		certificate administrator user has no access to the SSL
		Server menu, and only limited access to the System
		menu.
boot		The boot user can only perform a reinstallation of the	ForgetMe
		software, and only via a console connection.
root		The root user has full access to the underlying Linux	ForgetMe
		operating system, but only via a console connection.

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