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F5_Digger_13600
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Oct 27, 2017

Is "cli preference" setting for a user-specific setting?

Does anybody know if BIG-IP "cli preference" setting is for user-specific? I found cli preference setting change (modify cli preference pager disabled) by one user doesn't affect that of another user...
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Kai_Wilke's avatar
Kai_Wilke
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Oct 27, 2017

Hi F5_Digger,

the client preferences are getting stored into the /config/bigip_user.conf file.

If a user decides to change the default preferences the config file will include an additional cli preference section containig the user specific settings.

And yes, each individual user is able to configure its own preferences without affecting other users...

cli preference {
    alias-path { /Common }
    pager disabled
    prompt { host user status current-folder config-sync-status }
    suppress-warnings { }
    user userB
}
cli preference {
    alias-path { /Common }
    prompt { host user status current-folder config-sync-status }
    suppress-warnings { }
    user userA
}

Cheers, Kai