Password functions

To use the following functions, the associated access controls must be enabled (refer to "Access controls" on page 199) for the Razor Administrator.

Creating/Modifying password information

To add a new user...

razor add_user [ <user> [ <user group> [ <password> ] ] ]

If the password is entered interactively, it will not be displayed. Passwords are limited to 8 characters and user groups are limited to 16 characters. Empty (null) passwords should be entered as a pair of double-quotes with no space ("").

TIP: We strongly suggest you avoid using null passwords.

To change a user's password...

razor passwd <user>

You will be prompted for the existing password, the new password, and a verification.

To modify a user group...

razor modify_user [<user> [<user group>]]

If the user name is not specified, you will be prompted for the user name. You may enter a "q" to exit. If the user group is not supplied, the current user group will be indicated along with a prompt for the "new" user group. Entering a <return> will not modify the user group.

razor add_user [<username> [<user group> [<password>]]]

To remove a user entry from the Razor password file...

razor remove_user [ <user> ]

Below is a series of command line examples adding a user called "bob" with no password in the "vegetable" user group, subsequently modifying the password to "tomato", and then deleting the entry for user "bob".

# razor add_user bob vegetable ""
# razor passwd bob
Current Password: (max 8 chars) 
New Password: (max 8 chars) tomato
Confirm Password: tomato
# razor remove_user bob

Displaying password information

Password information, including user name and user group, can be displayed for a single user or for the entire password file. At no time will the passwords be displayed.

To display the all password information for a single user...

razor user_info <user>

A sample of the output would look like this.

# razor user_info dave
User: dave Group: razor_remote

For a complete listing of the contents of the Razor password file...

razor passwd_info

Below is an example.

# razor passwd_info
User: george            Group: razor
User: no_user           Group: razor
User: test              Group: test
User: kathy             Group: razor