Specifications

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Cisco MGX 8850 (PXM45) and MGX 8950 Software Configuration Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14788-01 Rev. C0, January 2004
Chapter 2 Configuring General Switch Features
Configuring User Access
Step 4 When prompted, enter a new password, using 5 to 15 characters.
Step 5 When prompted, enter the new password a second time to validate the correct entry.
This completes the change of password.
Step 6 To test the new password, enter the bye command, then log in using the new password.
Changing User Access Levels and Passwords with cnfuser
After you create a user, you can change that user’s access level or password using the cnfuser command.
Note You can also change your own user password with the cnfpasswd command as described in the
preceding section.
To change the user level or password of a switch user, use the following procedure.
Step 1 Establish a CLI management session. Use either the username for which you want to change the
password, or a username with privileges at least one level higher than those of the user whose password
you want to change.
Step 2 Enter the following command after the switch prompt:
mgx8850a.7.PXM.a >cnfuser -u <username> [-p <password>] [-l <accessLevel>]
Replace username with the name of the user for whom you are making the change.
If you are changing the password, specify the -p option and enter a password containing from 5 to 15
characters. If you are changing the user access level, specify the -l (lowercase L) option and enter the
appropriate access level as shown in Table 2-4.
Note You can change passwords and access levels only for users who have privileges lower than the
username you used to log in.
Step 3 To test a new password, enter the bye command, then log in using the new password.
Step 4 To verify a user access level change, enter the dspusers command.
The dspusers command displays all the usernames and the access levels for each user as shown in the
following example:
pop20two.7.PXM.a > dspusers
UserId AccessLevel
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cisco CISCO_GP
service SERVICE_GP
superuser SUPER_GP
username GROUP1