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Send feedback to [email protected] 22 C H A P T E R Configuring User Accounts and RBAC This chapter describes how to configure user accounts and role-based access control (RBAC) on the Nexus 5000 Series switch. This chapter includes the following sections: • Information About User Accounts and RBAC, page 22-1 • Guidelines and Limitations, page 22-4 • Configuring User Accounts, page 22-4 • Configuring RBAC, page 22-5 • Verifying User Accounts and RBAC Configuration, page 22-9 • Example User Accounts and RBAC Configuration, page 22-9 • Default Settings, page 22-10 Information About User Accounts and RBAC You can create and manage users accounts and assign roles that limit access to operations on the Nexus 5000 Series switch. RBAC allows you to define the rules for an assign role that restrict the authorization that the user has to access management operations. This section includes the following topics: • About User Accounts, page 22-1 • Characteristics of Strong Passwords, page 22-2 • About User Roles, page 22-2 • About Rules, page 22-3 • About User Role Policies, page 22-3 About User Accounts Tip The following words are reserved and cannot be used to configure users: bin, daemon, adm, lp, sync, shutdown, halt, mail, news, uucp, operator, games, gopher, ftp, nobody, nscd, mailnull, rpc, rpcuser, xfs, gdm, mtsuser, ftpuser, man, and sys. OL-16597-01 Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide 22-1