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Benny
Asked: 2011-06-16 03:38:45 +0800 CST

What is the minimum enable level to permit config download (Cisco & other vendors)

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We are creating a service account to backup config from devices of various makes such as Cisco, Juniper etc.,

What is the minimum enable level we need to grant to the service account? If the answer is too subjective, I atleast want to know what is the minimum enable required for Cisco IOS devices.

backup cisco configuration juniper

3 Answers

  1. As far as I know, enable/privilegie level 15 is required.

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  2. Best Answer

    You can use the command: privilege exec level 6 show running

    user joe pass whatever priv 6

    joe should be able to do the show run config command

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  3. For Juniper, you must be super-user class I believe:

    set system login user username class super-user

    this will do the trick.

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