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    I got a phone call form a partner this morning and he ask me how to manage the user privilege on Alteon 184 and 3408. Actually, Alteon 184 uses WebOS as its operating platform and 3408 uses a new Alteon OS. However, Alteon OS is developed from WebOS, the user privilege can be controlled on an Alteon 3408 are more flexible than an Alteon 184.

    Alteon allows an administrator to define end user accounts that permit end users to operationally act on their own real servers and duty via the switch CLI commands. For example, a user can be assigned to manage real servers 1 and 2 only and perform operational commands such as enabling a real servers.

These are the steps used to create a "test" account as "slbadmin" privilege with real server 1 control.

• Create an new uid and user name "test"

>> Main# c/sys/user/uid 1
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[User ID 1 Menu]
cos - Set class of service
name - Set user name
pswd - Set user password
add - Add real server
rem - Remove real server
ena - Enable user ID
dis - Disable user ID
del - Delete user ID
cur - Display current user configuration

>> User ID 1 # name test
Current user name: test
New user name: test

• Set a password for the user "test"

>> User ID 1 # pswd
Changing test password; validation required:
Enter current admin password: (Enter admin password here)
Enter new test password:
Re-enter new test password:
New test password accepted.

• Set the "slbadmin" privilege for "test"

>> User ID 1 # cos slbadmin
Current COS: user
New pending COS: slbadmin

• Assign real 1 and 2 under "test" control

>> User ID 1 # add 1
Real server 1 added to user ID 1.

>> User ID 1 # add 2
Real server 2 added to user ID 1.

• Enable this account and apply to Alteon

>> User ID 1 # ena
Current status: disabled
New status: enabled

>> User ID 1 # apply
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Apply complete; don't forget to 'save' updated configuration.

The account has been created. After reboot, the login prompt is changed as below and we can use the account and password of "test" to login.

Enter login username: test
Enter login password:
System Information at 17:20:12 Thu Jul 24, 2008
Time zone: No timezone configured (GMT offset -8:00)

Because I use "test" to login Alteon, I can use the commands for SLB only.

>> Main- cfg
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[Configuration Menu]
slb - Server Load Balancing (Layer 4-7) Menu