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create account
ExtremeWarePx1 1.2 Command Reference Guide 53
create account
create account [admin | user] <username> {encrypted} {<password>}
Description
Creates a new user account.
Syntax Description
Default
By default, the switch is conÞgured with two accounts, admin has administrator-level privileges and
cannot be deleted; user has user-level privileges.
You can use this command to create additional accounts.
You should not use the
encrypted option when you enter a command interactively. This option is used
by the switch when generating an ASCII conÞguration Þle (using the upload configuration command),
and parsing a switch-generated conÞguration Þle (using the download configuration command).
Default accounts do not have passwords assigned to them; you can change an accountÕs password with
the configure account command.
Usage Guidelines
You must have administrator privileges to issue this command.
The application switch can have a total of 16 management accounts.
You must have administrator privileges to change passwords for accounts other than your own. User
names and passwords are case-sensitive.
admin Specifies administrator-level privileges for the account. An administrator-level
account can:
• View and change all switch parameters
• Add and delete users
• Change the password associated with any account
user Specifies user-level privileges for the account. A user-level account can:
• View (but not change) all manageable parameters except the user account
database and the SNMP community strings
• Issue the ping command.
• Change the password assigned to the account
username A new user account name, which can be up to 31 characters in length and is
case sensitive.
encrypted Specifies that the password should be encrypted when the configuration is
uploaded to a file. Should not be used through the command-line interface.
This option is for use only by the switch when generating an ASCII
configuration file.
password A user password, which can be up to 31 characters in length and is case
sensitive.