Cisco ASR 5500 System Administration Guide

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Additional keyword options are available that identify active administrators or place time thresholds on
the administrator. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for more information about the
administrator command.
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The nopassword option allows you to create an administrator without an associated password. Enable
this option when using ssh public keys (authorized key command in SSH Configuration mode) as a
sole means of authentication. When enabled this option prevents someone from using an administrator
password to gain access to the user account.
Save the configuration as described in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter.
Configuring Context-level Administrators
Use the example below to configure context-level configuration administrators:
configure
context local
config-administrator user_name { [ encrypted ] [ nopassword ] password password }
end
Notes:
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Additional keyword options are available that identify active administrators or place time thresholds on
the administrator. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for more information about the
config-administrator command.
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The nopassword option allows you to create a config-administrator without an associated password.
Enable this option when using ssh public keys (authorized key command in SSH Configuration mode)
as a sole means of authentication. When enabled this option prevents someone from using a
config-administrator password to gain access to the user account.
Save the configuration as described in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter.
Configuring Context-level Operators
Use the example below to configure context-level operators:
configure
context local
operator user_name { [ encrypted ] [ nopassword ] password password }
end
Notes:
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Additional keyword options are available that identify active administrators or place time thresholds on
the administrator. Refer to the Command Line Interface Reference for more information about the
operator command.
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The nopassword option allows you to create an operator without an associated password. Enable this
option when using ssh public keys (authorized key command in SSH Configuration mode) as a sole
means of authentication. When enabled this option prevents someone from using an operator password
to gain access to the user account.
Save the configuration as described in the Verifying and Saving Your Configuration chapter.
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System Settings
Configuring Context-level Administrative Users

Cisco ASR 5500 Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	ASR 5500
Category	Network Router
Language	English