Contents

1   Description

This instruction describes how the administrator can unlock an administratively locked local Operation and Maintenance (O&M) user account.

2   Procedure

2.1   Unlock Administrative Lock for User Account

Prerequisites

• The instruction references the following documents:
  • Reset Password for User Account
  • Unlock Operational Lock for User Account
• No tools are required.
• The following conditions must apply:
  • The user has sufficient access rights to perform the task, for example, the user has Local Authentication Administrator role.
  • An Ericsson Command-Line Interface (ECLI) session in Exec mode is in progress.
  • The username for the local user account is known. In this instruction, the username is joedoe.
  • The password state of the account is not EXPIRED. To reset the password for the user, refer to Reset Password for User Account.

Steps

1. Navigate to the UserAccountM Managed Object (MO), for example:

   >dn ManagedElement=NODE06ST,SystemFunctions=1,SecM=1,UserManagement=1,LocalAuthenticationMethod=1,UserAccountM=1

2. Select the appropriate user account, for example:

   (UserAccountM=1)>UserAccount=joedoe

3. Enter Config mode:

   (UserAccount=joedoe)>configure

4. Set attribute administrativeState, for example:

   (config-UserAccount=joedoe)>administrativeState=UNLOCKED

5. Commit the settings:

   (config-UserAccount=joedoe)>commit

6. Verify the settings, for example:

   (UserAccount=joedoe)>show accountState

   The following is an example output:

   accountState=UNLOCKED

   If the account state is still locked, refer to Unlock Operational Lock for User Account.