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user add/edit

user add - Add a new user
user edit - Edit an existing user

Description:
The user add command allows you to add users who can access the unit.

You can use user edit when you need to modify a user configuration.

If you use the <password> keyword in one of these commands, you will be prompted to enter your password after the command. You will need to confirm your password as well. If you do not use the password keyword with <user add>, the password will be set the same as the user name.

Syntax:

  user {add | edit} <user-name> {{first <string>} |
                                 {last <string>} |
                                 {email <string>} |
                                 {phone <string>} |
                                 {clearpass <string>} |
                                 {password} |
                                 {reset-password} | 
                                 {password-policy <default | none>}}+ 

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<user-name> <string>
first First name of the user.
last Last name of the user.
email The email address of the user.
phone The telephone number of the user.
password Allows to set a password for the user.
clearpass Enter password in cleartext without confirmation.
reset-password Allows the administrator to force a user to change their password upon login to the device.
password-policy Allows the administrator to assign/exempt the given user from the password policy.

user delete

user delete - Remove an existing user

Description:
user delete allows you to delete an existing user profile.

Syntax:

user delete {<user-name>}

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<user-name> <string>

user permissions edit

user permissions edit - Edit the user permissions

Description:
user permissions edit allows you to modify the permissions that are associated with a specified user.

Syntax:

user permissions edit {<user-name>} {add-group | delete-group} {<group-name>}

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<user-name> <string>
<group-name> <string>

user permissions show

user permissions show - Shows the user permissions

Description:
This command displays the permission of the group to which the specified user belongs.

Syntax:

user permissions show [<user-name>]

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<user-name> <string>

user show

user show - Show user information

Description:
user show displays the contact information for a given user.

Syntax:

user show [<user-name>] password-status 

Parameters:

Parameter Description
<user-name> <string>
password-status To show the user's remaining password expiration time.

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