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:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Add a new user account.
   [edit system login]user@host# edit user nchen

   This example adds an account nchen (for Nathan Chen), but you can use any account name.

4. 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"
5. 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
6. 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.

7. Commit the configuration.
   [edit system login user nchen]user@host# commit commit complete

   Configuration changes are not activated until you commit the configuration. If the commit is successful, a commit complete message appears.

8. 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
9. Log out of the SRC software.
   user@host> exit [user@host]#
10. 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.