Juniper MX204 - Configure User Accounts and Passwords

3. Start the CLI.
root# cli
root@host>
4. Enter conguraon mode.
root@host> configure
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root@host#
Congure User Accounts and Passwords
For informaon about using an encrypted password or an SSH public key string (DSA or RSA), see
Conguring the Root Password and user .
1. Add a password to the root administraon user account. Enter a cleartext password.
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root@host# set system root-authentication plain-text-password
New password: password
Retype new password: password
2. Create a management console user account.
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root@host# set system login user user-name authentication plain-text-password
New Password: password
Retype new password: password
3. Set the user account class to super-user.
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root@host# set system login user user-name class super-user
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