Changing User Privilege Levels - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Chapter 4 Initial Configuration Tasks
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To change your password, follow these steps:
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Changing User Privilege Levels

Use the privilege command to change the privilege level—administrator, operator, viewer—for a user.
You cannot use the privilege command to give a user service privileges. If you want to give an existing
Note
user service privileges, you must remove that user and then use the username command to create the
service account. There can only be one person with service privileges. For the procedure, see
the Service Account, page
To change the privilege level for a user, follow these steps:
Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
Step 1
Verify the current privilege of the user
Step 2
sensor# show users all
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sensor#
Change the privilege level from viewer to operator:
Step 3
sensor# configure terminal
sensor(config)# privilege user jsmith operator
Warning: The privilege change does not apply to current CLI sessions. It will be applied
to subsequent logins.
sensor(config)#
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Change the password for a specific user:
sensor(config)# password tester
Enter New Login Password: ******
Re-enter New Login Password: ******
This example modifies the password for the user "tester."
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Log in to the CLI.
Enter configuration mode:
sensor# configure terminal
Change your password:
sensor(config)# password
Enter Old Login Password:************
Enter New Login Password: ************
Re-enter New Login Password: ************
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CLI ID User Privilege
13491 cisco administrator
jsmith viewer
operator operator
service service
viewer viewer
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jsmith
Configuring User Parameters
Creating
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