Change Telnet Username/Password on Nortel 425 , 470

[jaffars]

Hello all,


  I'm fairly new to Nortel devices

  We seem to have a few 425, 479 Switches

  show cli password - I can view the username and password

  However Im trying to change the Username and so far have been unsuccessful

 command Im running

Nortel(config)#username ?
  WORD  Username
AS01-WAFS-LYPSITE(config)#username rwadmin ?
  ro    Read-only password (default)
  rw    Read-write password
  WORD  Clear password
  <cr>

Nortelconfig)#username rwadmin rw ?
  <cr>

Nortel(config)#username rwadmin rw checking
                                              ^
% Invalid input detected at '^' marker.   

Im only able to change the default one which is RO login

Can someone please assist me to change RWA and RW login?

Thanks

[John T]

I don't believe you can set the username on those switches although I'm not sure. The only two user names available (locally) might be RO and RW.

What if you try the 'cli' branch? Here's an example of a 4548GT-PWR switch;

4548GT-PWR(config)#cli password ?
  read-only   Modify read-only password
  read-write  Modify read-write password
  serial      Enable/disable serial port password.
  telnet      Enable/disable telnet and web password.

[jaffars]

Thanks  John
Have seen that command

Just wanted to know if Username can be changed from RWA and RW to some others

[Igor_Perfilov]

i'm changing usernames on 470 with the following commands:

username "operator" "userp@ss" ro
username "admin" "adminp@ss" rw

Quotes are not important. It changes username on switch or stack depending what it is at the moment.
What is your software version? Older software, (i've met 2.2, 3.1 and 3.6) doesn't have "username" command at all, but i've never seen syntax as you have. I think upgrading software will help, 3.7.2 at least - no problems there.

John T
yes, 4500 and 5500 can't change username. Really there is no username at all.
But 470 can do that.