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Local User Management Local User Management
Skill level:
Beginner Beginner
Goal Goal
To create a new user and/or change the password of the default root user.
Details Details
Open the configuration profile for the 63xx-series device and make the following changes:
1. To update the root user password, enter in the new password in the in the
Authentication -> Authentication ->
Users Users -> root -> -> root -> Password Password
option.
2. To create a new local admin user:
1. Under
Authentication -> Users -> Add User Authentication -> Users -> Add User
, enter in the new username and click
Add Add
.
2. Enter in the password for the new user
3. Under
Groups Groups
for the new user, select the default
admin admin
group. You can create a new
group, or edit the admin group's priviledges through the
Authentication -> Groups Authentication -> Groups
section of the configuration profile.
3. Click Save Save or Update Update to apply the changes.
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NOTE: NOTE: After saving a user's password in Accelerated View, it is stored as a salted hash for security
purposes. Clicking show show prior to committing the password will reveal the true value; clicking show after
that password has been saved reveals the salted hash.
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