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After completing each of the above steps, you can return to the configuration list by clicking in the top
left corner of the screen on the Black Box logo.
Note
If you are not able to connect to the Management Console at 192.168.0.1 or if the default
Username/Password were not accepted, then reset your
console server
(refer to
Chapter 11
).
3.2 Administrator Password
For security reasons, only the administrator user named
root
can initially log into your
console server
.
Only people who know the root password can access and reconfigure the
console server
itself. However,
anyone who correctly guesses the root password could gain access (and the default root password is
default
). To avoid this, enter and confirm a new root password before giving the
console server
any
access to, or control of, your computers and network appliances.
The system password can be changed by editing the root user on the
Serial & Network: Users
& Groups
form
Select
Change default administration password
on the
Welcome
screen which will take you to
Serial & Network: Users & Groups
where you can add a new confirmed
Password
for the user
root
Enter a new
Password
then re-‐enter it in
Confirm
. This is the new password for
root
, the main
administrative user account, so choose a complex password, and keep it safe.
Note
There are no restrictions on the characters that can be used in the Password. It can contain up to
254 characters. However, only the first eight System Password characters are used to make the
password hash
.
