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Creating Security for Telnet Access
SANbox-8/16 Switch Management
3-2 Telnet 59010-06 Rev. A User’s Manual
Creating Security for Telnet Access
The telnet application comes with a default user name and password. If other users
are to have access to your switches, you must determine what level of authority
each user should have. The levels of authority will regulate which operations that
user is able to perform. The authority levels and rights given are:
user Able to view settings using the show commands.
admin Able to do all operations except creating/deleting user accounts.
superuser Able to perform all operations shown in this section.
Using the default user name (root) and password (qlogic), you need to sign in to
the switch and create the new account information. You will need to define another
user account and password before you can delete the root user name.
Create a New User Account
1. Sign into a telnet session with Superuser authority.
2. Using the desired user name, type:
login <username> <Enter>
3. The application will ask for a password. Type the desired password, followed
by the Enter key. As the characters are typed, they are replaced by asterisks.
4. Enter a user level (1=User, 2= Admin, 3=Superuser) for the new user name.
5. The user name has been created and is now logged in as the active user. If
additional users are to be defined, unless the current user has superuser privi-
leges, it will be necessary to use the logout command and repeat this process
for each additional user account.
Delete an Existing User Account
1. Sign into a telnet session with superuser privileges.
2. To obtain a listing of defined user accounts, type:
delete <Enter>
The application returns a list similar to the following:
rootUserlevel = 3
tomUserlevel = 2
NOTE:
When entering a password, the letters are not displayed. Ensure that you type
carefully to prevent misspelling the password. If the user can not enter a telnet
session using the password because of misspelling, the user will need to be deleted
and recreated by a Super User.