create account
Description
Creates a new user account.
Syntax Description
admin | Specifies an access level for admin account type. This user has read and write privileges. |
user | Specifies an access level for user account type. This user has read-only privileges. |
lawful-intercept | Specifies an access level for lawful intercept account type. |
account-name | Specifies a new user account name. |
encrypted | Specifies the encrypted option. |
password | Specifies a user password. |
Default
N/A.
User Account Levels
By default, the switch is configured with two accounts with the access levels shown in the table below.
Account Name | Access Level |
---|---|
admin | You can access and change all manageable parameters. The admin account cannot be deleted. |
user | You can view (but not change)
all manageable parameters, with the following exceptions:
This user has access to the ping command. |
lawful-intercept | This user has special lawful intercept and
read-only privileges. Note: Only a single
lawful-intercept account can exist at any one time on the
system.
|
You can use the default names (admin and user), or you can create new names and passwords for the accounts. Default accounts do not have passwords assigned to them. For name creation guidelines and a list of reserved names, see Object Names.
Usage Guidelines
The switch can have a total of 16 user accounts.
The system must have one administrator account.
When you use the encrypted keyword, the following password that you specify in plain text is entered and displayed by the switch in an encrypted format. Administrators should not use the encrypted option and should enter the password in plain text. The encrypted option is used by the switch after encrypting the plain text password. The encrypted option should be used by the switch only to show, store, and load a system-generated encrypted password in configuration; this applies with the following commands: save configuration, show configuration, and use configuration.
The system prompts you to specify a password after you enter this command and to reenter the password. If you do not want a password associated with the specified account, press [Enter] twice.
![Note](../../images/Note_Note.png)
Note
The DUT will not allow account names that begin with a number.![Note](../../images/Note_Note.png)
Note
If the account is configured to require a specific password format, the minimum is eight characters. See configure account password-policy char-validation for more information.
Example
The following example creates a new account named "John2" with administrator privileges:
create account admin John2
History
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 10.1.
The encrypted option was added in ExtremeXOS 11.5.
The lawful intercept option was added in ExtremeXOS 15.3.2.
Platform Availability
This command is available on all platforms.