User accounts

A user account specifies that user's level of access to the device CLI.

The SLX-OS software uses role-based access control (RBAC) as the authorization mechanism. A role is a container for rules, which specify which commands can be executed and with which permissions. When you create a user account you need to specify a role for that account. In general, user (as opposed to user-level) refers to any account—to which any role can be assigned—user, admin, or a non-default role.

The software ships with two default accounts—admin and user—and two corresponding default roles:

• admin—Accounts with admin permissions can execute all commands supported on the device. (For the initial admin login, refer to the relevant Hardware Installation Guide.)
• user—Accounts with user-level permissions can execute all show commands supported on the device. User-level accounts can also execute the following operational commands: cfm, execute-script, exit, mtrace, no, ping, rasman, ssh, sysmon, telnet, timestamp, trace-l2, and traceroute.

For more information on user accounts and roles, refer to the Extreme SLX-OS Security Configuration Guide.