User and user group management tasks

User and user group management common tasks are as follows:

Task

Command or procedure

Example

Creating a user

user

user jamie group administrators password

Changing a user password

user password

user jamie password

Removing a user

user

no user jamie

Setting a user account password

user password

user admin password

Resetting the admin password using the Service OS

(procedure)

Resetting the admin password by reverting the switch to factory defaults

(procedure)

erase startup-config boot system

Showing a list of all users

show user-list

show user-list

Showing information for the logged-in user

show user information

show user information

Creating a user group

user-group

user-group admuser2

Adding command authorization rules to a user group

permit or deny (within user-group)

10 deny cli command "show aaa .*" 20 permit cli command "show .*"

Adding comments to rules in a user group

comment (within user-group)

10 comment Deny all show aaa commands. 20 comment Permit all other show commands.

Resequencing rules in a user group

resequence (within user-group)

resequence 100 20

Showing a list of all user groups

show user-group

show user-group