Contents

• Managing users
• Information About User Management
• Displaying Current User Access
• Sending a Message to Users
• Feature History for User Management

Managing users

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This chapter contains the following sections:

• Information About User Management
• Displaying Current User Access
• Sending a Message to Users
• Feature History for User Management

Information About User Management

You can identify the users currently connected to the device and send a message to either a single user or all users.

For information about assigning user roles, see the Cisco Nexus 1000V Security Configuration Guide .

Displaying Current User Access

You can display all users currently accessing the switch.

Before You Begin

Before beginning this procedure, you must be logged in to the CLI.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# show users	Displays a list of users who are currently accessing the system.

switch# show users
NAME     LINE         TIME         IDLE          PID COMMENT
admin    pts/0        Jul  1 04:40 03:29        2915 (::ffff:64.103.145.136)
admin    pts/2        Jul  1 10:06 03:37        6413 (::ffff:64.103.145.136)
admin    pts/3        Jul  1 13:49   .          8835 (171.71.55.196)*
switch# 

Sending a Message to Users

You can send a message to all active CLI users currently using the system.

Before You Begin

Before beginning this procedure, you must be logged in to the CLI.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	switch# send {session device} line	Sends a message to users currently logged in to the system. The sessionargument sends the message to a specified pts/tty device type. The device argument specifies the device type. The line argument is a message of up to 80 alphanumeric characters in length.

switch# send Hello. Shutting down the system in 10 minutes.
                                                                               
Broadcast Message from admin@switch                                            
        (/dev/pts/34) at 8:58 ...                                              
                                                                               
Hello. Shutting down the system in 10 minutes.                   

                                                                               
switch# 

Feature History for User Management

Feature Name	Releases	Feature Information
User Management	4.0(4)SV1(1)	This feature was introduced.