id

Use the id command to create user or administrator accounts on the system. In conjunction with the id command, you must specify and confirm a password for the account. The password must be 8–24 alphanumeric characters long.

id userid admin|guestportal|readonly

Parameters

userid Specifies a name for the account
admin Sets account type to administrator
guestportal Sets account type to guestportal administrator. A guest administrator user created using the guestportal user type can login to the system only via the GUI.
readonly Sets account type to readonly

Examples

The following example creates the read-only user account “abby” on the system:

EWC.extremenetworks.com:users# id abby readonly
Please input password:
Please confirm password:
Successfully created user abby.

The following example creates the administrator account “fred” on the system:

EWC.extremenetworks.com:users# id fred admin
Please input password:
Please confirm password:
Successfully created user fred.

The following example creates a guest administrator user account called “tester” on the system:

EWC.extremenetworks.com:users# id tester guestportal
Please input password:
Please confirm password:
Successfully created user tester.