how do you enable show commands in console mode

[Jsimpson101]

Hi,

I've had issues with inadvertantly issueing commands on devices because I'm in the priv-exec mode of the router. The only reason that I'm in priv-exec is because there are very few "show" commands available in login-console mode. How can I enable all "show" commands in login mode so I dont have to enter into priv-exec everytime I need to jump on a device just to take a look at something?

Thanks!

[Marvin Rhoads]

This can be done by using cli parser views which are a feature of role-based access control (RBAC)

Theier is a good article here that explains it for routers using SDM but the concept is the same for most Cisco IOS and NX-OS-based devices.

The key commands would be:

parser view view-name
commands exec include all show
enable view view-name
username [username] privilege [privilege-level] view view-name