WLC - Configure Administrator User Names and Passwords in CLI

 

How to add / delete /change a user in the WLC via the CLI and apply your permissions.

To add a new user with READ or READ/WRITE permissions. First drop into the CLI of the WLC. Next, lead with the following:

CONFIG MGMTUSER  <ADD> <USERNAME> <PASSWORD> <READ-WRITE or READ-ONLY>

You have other options such as delete, description, and password.

(Cisco-2006) >config mgmtuser ?

add            Creates a local management user.
delete         Delete an existing management user.
description    Sets the description for a management user.
password       Configures a password for a management user.

When you add a user you have 3 permissions:

(Cisco-2006) config>mgmtuser add username password ?

read-write      Creates a management user with read-write access.
read-only        Creates a management user with read-only access.
lobby-admin    Creates a management user with lobby ambassador priviledges.

If you need to change the password of an existing user lead with the following:

CONFIG MGMTUSER  <PASSWORD> <USERNAME><PASSWORD>

To display your existing users use the show mgmtuser command:

(Cisco-2006) >show mgmtuser
User Name                 Permissions    Description
-----------------------   ------------   --------------------------------
cisco                     read-write
george                  read-write
lobby                    lobby-admin

NOTE -- User Names and Passwords are CASE SENSITIVE