This video will demonstrate disable procedure of a root, admin, factory, or user accounts on Connectrix Brocade.
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how two series, how to disable the root admin factory account and any other user accounts reference Dell Knowledge article number 527954. This video was created to demonstrate how to temporarily disable the default accounts on the switch for security purposes. Ideally, it is not suggested to disable the root admin and factory accounts as these are defaults, it is recommended to keep one account active at a point of time so that the switch is accessible remotely. If all the accounts root admin factory are disabled, the switch cannot be accessed remotely and it should be accessed via console connection. The root account will be required to execute certain route level commands, recover other admin user passwords and we also require the route to account for console connectivity.
This video presents the following steps to temporarily disable the default accounts on the switch. Use the user config command to manage user accounts on a switch. In a virtual fabric enabled environment. You can configure the account's user name, its role and the logical fabrics that the account may access. This command supports all user defined roles in addition to the default roles provided with fabric os the following restrictions apply when you modify a user account, please take a few moments to review this slide. In this demo, we will disable one of the default switch accounts factory account and re enable it first log into the switch with an account that has admin privilege.
Now let's begin and list out all the accounts configured on the switch by running user. Config hyphen hyphen show hyphen A we see there are multiple user accounts already created and enabled on the switch. The list of default accounts like admin factory root along with user configured accounts for the switch are listed. Now let us go ahead and disable one of the default accounts factory by running user config hyphen hyphen change factory hyphen E no, where hyphen is the operan which means enable. Now let us check the status of the factory account by running the command. User. Config hyphen hyphen Show Factory.
Now we see that the factory account is disabled. Let us go ahead and enable the account and then validate the status once again by running user config hyphen hyphen change factory. Hyphen E Yes. Now when we run you sir, config hyphen hyphen Show factory, we see that the account is enabled. An important note, the user config command operates on the switch, local user database only regardless of whether the switch is configured to use radius or a authentication reference the following for more information KB number 527954, document name Brocade Fabric os command, reference guide document section.
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