F5CAB4: BIG-IP Administration Control Plane AdministrationDemo

Question

Which method is recommended to create a new user from the CLI?

A edit bigip.conf to add the new user and the user's clear-text password
B Run tmsh create auth user username prompt-for-password from bash
C Run useradd username then passwd username from bash or tmsh
D Run f5adduser username then f5passwd username from bash or tmsh

Explanation

F5 BIG-IP creates local user accounts with the TMSH auth user command. The prompt-for-password option securely prompts for and confirms the account password during creation, rather than placing a clear-text password in configuration or using unsupported user-management commands.

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F5 BIG-IP TMSH Reference: auth user

F5CAB4: BIG-IP Administration Control Plane AdministrationDemo

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