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DGS-1210/ME Metro Ethernet Switch CLI Reference Guide

can be included, and (optionally) can be encrypted.

Restrictions

Only Administrator level users can issue this command.

Usernames can be between 1 and 15 characters.

Passwords can be between 0 and 15 characters.

NOTE: You are not required to enter a User Name. However, if you do not enter a User Name,

you cannot perform the following actions:

Create a monitor or operator (level 1 or level 14) users until an administrator user (level 15) is

defined.

Delete the last administrator user if there are monitor and/or operator users defined.

Example usage:

To create an administrator-level user account with the username ‘dlink’:

DGS-1210-28P/ME:5# create account admin dlink

Command: create account admin dlink

Enter a case-sensitive new password:*****

Enter the new password again for confirmation:*****

Success.

DGS-1210-28P/ME:5#

config account

Purpose

To change the password for an existing user account.

Syntax

config account <username 15>

Description

The config account command changes the password for a user

account that has been created using the create account command.

The system prompts for the account’s new password, which may be

between 0 and 15 characters.

Parameters

<username 15> − the account username.

Restrictions

Only Administrator-level users can issue this command.

Example usage:

To configure the user password of ‘dlink’ account:

DGS-1210-28P/ME:5# config account dlink

Enter a old password:****

Enter a case-sensitive new password:******

Enter the new password again for confirmation:******

Success.

DGS-1210-28P/ME:5#