user manual

13 – Command Reference
User
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User
Administers and displays user accounts.
Authority Admin account name and an Admin session. The Accounts and List keywords are
available to all account names without an Admin session.
Syntax user
accounts
add
del
ete [account_name]
edit
list
Keywords accounts
Displays all user accounts that exist on the switch. This keyword is available to all
account names without an Admin session.
add
Add a user account to the switch. You will be prompted for an account name, a
password, authority, and an expiration date.
 A switch can have a maximum of 15 user accounts.
 Account names are limited to 15 characters; passwords must be 8–20
characters.
 Admin authority grants permission to use the Admin command to open an
Admin session, from which all commands can be entered. Without Admin
authority, you are limited to view-only commands.
 The expiration date is expressed in the number of days until the account
expires (2000 maximum). The switch will issue an expiration alarm every
day for seven days prior to expiration. 0 (zero) specifies that the account has
no expiration date.
del
ete [account_name]
Deletes the account name given by [account_name] from the switch.
edit
Initiates an edit session that prompts you for the account name for which to
change the expiration date and authority.
list
Displays the list of users currently logged in and their session numbers. Provides
the same function as the Show Users command. This keyword is available to all
account names without an Admin session.