Nortel Networks 5500 series User Manual

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The Command Line Interface

Access to the Nortel SNAS CLI and settings is controlled through the use
of four predefined user accounts and passwords. Once you are connected
to the Nortel SNAS by a console connection or remote connection
(Telnet or SSH), you are prompted to enter a user account name and the
corresponding password.

Table 59 "User access levels" (page 382)

lists

the default user accounts and passwords for each access level.

ATTENTION

The default Administrator user password can be changed during the initial
configuration (see

“Initial setup” (page 41)

). However, the default passwords

for the Operator user, the Boot user, and the Root user are used even after
the initial configuration. Nortel therefore recommends that you change the
default Nortel SNAS passwords for the Operator and Root user soon after the
initial configuration, and as regularly as required under your network security
policies.For more information about how to change a user account password,
see

“Changing passwords” (page 223)

.

Table 59
User access levels

User Account

User Group

Access Level Description

Default
Password

oper

oper

The Operator is allowed read access to some of
the menus and information available in the CLI.

oper

admin

admin

oper

certadmin

The Administrator is allowed both read and
write access to all menus, information and
configuration commands.

The Administrator can add users to all groups in
which the Administrator himself or herself is a
member. The Administrator can delete a user
from any of the other three built-in groups.

admin

certadmin

By default, only the Administrator is a member
of the certadmin group.

Certadmin group rights are sufficient for
administrating certificates and keys on the
Nortel SNAS. A certificate administrator user
has no access to the SSL Server menu, and
only limited access to the System menu.

boot

The boot user can only perform a reinstallation
of the software, and only via a console
connection.

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root

The root user has full access to the underlying
Linux operating system, but only via a console
connection.

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Nortel Secure Network Access Switch

Using the Command Line Interface

NN47230-100

03.01

Standard

28 July 2008

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