Creating a User Managing Switch User Accounts
page 9-12 OmniSwitch 6250/6450 Switch Management Guide May 2012
Creating a User
To create a new user, enter the user command with the desired username and password. Use the password
keyword. For example:
-> user thomas password techpubs
In this example, a user account with a user name of thomas and a password of techpubs is stored in the
local user database.
The password must be a string of non-repeating characters. The CLI uses the first occurrence of the char-
acter series to uniquely identify the password. For example, the password tpubtpub is the same as tpub. A
better password might be tpub3457.
Note. The exclamation point (!) is not a valid password character. In addition, specifying an asterisk (*) as
one or more characters in a password is allowed as long as every character is not an asterisk. For example,
password **123456** is allowed; password ******** is not allowed.
If privileges are not specified for the user, the user will inherit all of the privileges of the default user
account. See “Default User Settings” on page 9-9.
The password does not display in clear text in an ASCII configuration file produced by the snapshot
command. Instead, it displays in encrypted form. See Chapter 7, “Working With Configuration Files,” for
information about using the snapshot command.
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