Cisco D9824, Installation And Configuration Manual

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Setting Admin User Privileges via a Telnet/SSH Connection
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3 At the NEW USERNAME prompt, type the new username to which you want to
change and press
Enter .
Note: Ensure that the new username should not match any of the usernames
already defined in the authentication table.
4 At the ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD, type the administrator's password and
press Enter .
Changing a Password (allowed by all Users)
Passwords can be changed by all users.
1 At the admin prompt, type
pwd password_change
and press Enter .
2 At the CURRENT PASSWORD prompt, type the current login password you
want to change and press
Enter .
3 At the NEW PASSWORD prompt, type a new login password and press Enter .
4 At the CONFIRM NEW PASSWORD prompt, type the new login password
again to confirm and press
Enter .
Note: The new password and the confirm new password should be identical.
Each user, including the admin user, can modify only his own password.
Printing the List of Users
At the admin prompt, type
pwd list_users
and press Enter .
Note: Only usernames will be printed. Passwords will not be visible.
Resetting the Login Credentials
At any time, the user authentication table can be reset from the front panel. This
option is under the Setup: IP: IP menu. Scroll down to Reset Credentials and press
SELECT . Press and then press SELECT to confirm the operation. A new login
username and randomly generated password will be displayed on the front panel
display for approximately 30 seconds. The new account will have Admin privileges.
It is recommended that this account be replaced by a login username and password
chosen by the administrator. To change the username and password, you must be an
Admin user. Refer to
To Change the User Login Passwords (on page 270).
Note: After this recovery procedure, all existing user accounts will be lost.