The netadmin user

The netadmin user account is a special account with limited privileges. It enables you to change network, hostname and gateway settings, and to reboot the appliance.

You can no longer remotely log in using the netadmin user. Rather, you should log in as the root user and use the netadmin account as described in the following section.

To use the netadmin account, enter the following as the root user:

su - netadmin

You see the following text based interface:

[root@upgrade ~]# su - netadmin

ADDM Appliance Network Administration Shell
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  G Configure General Settings
  I Configure Network Interfaces
  P Change netadmin password
  R Exit & Reboot the appliance
  Q Exit *without* rebooting

Select option:

Select an option by entering the code letter:

Enter G to configure the appliance hostname and the gateway details.
Enter I to configure the appliance network interfaces.
Enter P to change the netadmin user password,
Enter R to exit the netadmin session and reboot the appliance.
Enter Q to exit the netadmin session without rebooting the appliance.

If you make any configuration changes from the General Settings or Network Interfaces menu, you must reboot the appliance for the changes to take effect.

The following tables describe the items in the General Settings and Network Interface menus:

G - General Settings menu

I - Network Interfaces menu

Netadmin user does not support IPv6

The netadmin user does not support IPv6. If you need to configure an IPv6 address for the appliance, you must do so on the OS command line.

P - Change netadmin password

[root@appliance01 tideway]# su - netadmin
ADDM Appliance Network Administration Shell
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  G Configure General Settings
  I Configure Network Interfaces
  P Change netadmin password
  R Exit & Reboot the appliance
  Q Exit *without* rebooting
Select option: p
Changing password for user netadmin.
New password:
Retype new password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
ADDM Appliance Network Administration Shell
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  G Configure General Settings
  I Configure Network Interfaces
  P Change netadmin password
  R Exit & Reboot the appliance
  Q Exit *without* rebooting
Select option: q
[root@appliance01 tideway]#

R - Reboot the appliance

Enter R to reboot the appliance. This operation requires confirmation, after which your session ends and the appliance reboots.

Q - Quit

Enter Q to quit the netadmin session.