User authentication
Local users
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If the
admin
user's password has been changed from the default and the configuration
saved, if you then clear the password field for the
admin
user, this will result in the
device device's configuration being erased and reset to the default configuration.
You can also change the password for the active user by clicking the user name in the menu
bar:
The active user must have full Admin access rights to be able to change the password.
6. Click
Apply
to save the configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click
Actions
>
Open Console
, or log into the IX10
local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an
Access selection
menu
. Type
admin
to access the Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type
config
to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. At the config prompt, type:
(config)> auth user
username
password
pwd
Where:
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username
is the name of the user.
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pwd
is the new password for the user. The password must be at least eight characters
long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number,
and one special character.
