Configuring a User Account
This sample procedure describes how to use the CLI to view system status and to perform a simple configuration change. You configure a new user account, one for your own use or a test account.
To configure a user account on the system:
- Log in as user with superuser privileges, start the CLI, and enter configuration mode.
user@host>configure
[edit]user@host#The prompt in brackets (
[edit]
), also known as a banner, shows that you are in configuration edit mode, at the top of the hierarchy.
- Move to the
[edit system login]
level of the configuration hierarchy.[edit]user@host#edit system login
[edit system login]user@host#The prompt in brackets changes to
[edit system login]
to show you are at a new level in the hierarchy.This example adds an account
nchen
(for Nathan Chen), but you can use any account name.
- Configure a full name for the account. If the name includes spaces, enclose the entire name in quotation marks (" ").
[edit system login user nchen]user@host#set full-name "Nathan Chen"
- Configure an account class. The account class sets the user access privileges for the account.
[edit system login user nchen]user@host#set class super-user
- Configure an authentication method and password for the account.
[edit system login user nchen]user@host#set authentication plain-text-password
New password:Retype new password:When the new password prompt appears, enter a clear-text password that the system will encrypt, and then confirm the new password.
Configuration changes are not activated until you commit the configuration. If the commit is successful, a
commit complete
message appears.
- Return to the top level of the configuration, and then exit.
[edit system login user nchen]user@host#top
[edit]user@host#exit
Exiting configuration mode- Log out of the SRC software.
user@host>exit
[user@host]#- To test your changes, log back in with the user account and password that you just configured.
--- SRC CLI 7.0 build CLI.A.7.0.0.0171(c) 2005-2006 Juniper Networks Inc.nchen@host>When you log in, the new username appears at the command prompt.