Creating administrative users

Description

The useradmin command enables you to increase filer security by creating multiple administrative users, rather than sharing the root name and password among multiple administrators.

Prerequisites

You must be logged in as root or as an existing administrative user to use the command.

Restrictions

The user name is case-sensitive. It cannot contain any of the following 15 characters:


Character	Character
* (asterisk)	< (less than sign)
\ (back slash)	\| (pipe)
: (colon)	+ (plus sign)
, (comma)	? (question mark)
= (equal sign)	] (right bracket)
/ (forward slash)	; (semicolon)
> (greater than sign)	space
[ (left bracket)

The password should contain at least six characters, including at least two alpha characters and one numeric or special character.

Steps to create a new administrative user using a console or telnet

To create a new administrative user using the filer console or a telnet session, complete the following steps.


Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: `useradmin useradd` user_name user_name is the new administrative user login name.
2	Enter a password for the new user when prompted.

Steps to create a new administrative user using rsh

To create a new administrative user using rsh, complete the following steps.


Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: `useradmin useradd` user_name password user_name is the new administrative user login name. password is the new password associated with the new user name.

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Last updated: 02/24/99 12:15:49