Manage Passwords and Monitor Logins

Change the password of the following special system users:

• GUI Administrator (admin user)
• GUI Monitor (monitor user)
• CLI Administrator (cliadmin user)
• CLI Viewer (cliviewer user)
• GUI Service (service user)
• SSH/CLI Service (ServiceLogin user)

Command Attributes

Review the following attribute descriptions.

‑‑change password	Changes the password for the specified special user.
‑‑name admin|cliadmin|monitor|cliviewer|service|servicelogin	Enter the special user for whom the password is being changed.
‑‑newpassword <new_password>	Enter the new password of the special user. You can choose not to supply the new password on the command line. In this case the CLI prompts you for the new password and does not display user input for security purposes. Passwords can be up to 32 characters. Alphanumeric characters and special characters are allowed. Note: The ServiceLogin password is limited to 20 characters.

WRITER COMMENT: It appears that‑‑reset password is deleted in DXi 3.2.

Reset the password to the factory default for the following special users:

• CLI Administrator (cliadmin user)
• CLI Monitor (cliviewer user)
• GUI Administrator (guiadmin user)
• GUI Monitor (guimonitor user)

Command Attributes

Review the following attribute descriptions.

‑‑reset password	Resets the password for the specified special user.
‑‑name cliadmin|cliviewer| guiadmin|guimonitor	Enter the special user for whom the password is being reset.
‑‑sure	If specified, the CLI executes the command without prompting for confirmation.

Retrieve the number of failed login attempts for a specified user.

Command Attribtutes

Review the following attribute descriptions.

‑‑getcount failedlogin	Retrieves the number of failed login attempts for the specified user name.
‑‑user <user_name>	Enter the user name for which to retrieve failed login attempts.
‑‑terse	If specified, the output only displays the number of failed login attempts for the user.

Deletes all the failed login counts.

Command Attribtutes

Review the following attribute descriptions.

‑‑deleteall failedLogin	Deletes all oft the failed login counts.
‑‑sure	If specified, the CLI executes the command without prompting for confirmation.

Deletes the failure count of a specified user.

Command Attribtutes

Review the following attribute descriptions.

‑‑deleteall failedlogin	Deletes all of the failed login counts.
‑‑user <user_name>	Enter the user name for which to delete the failed login attempts.
‑‑sure	If specified, the CLI executes the command without prompting for confirmation.