Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II, User Manual

Page: 164 / 798

Chapter 5
System Administration
RUGGEDCOM ROX II
CLI User Guide
118 Resetting the Admin Password/Passphrase
set-password-result success
Section 5.9.5
Resetting the Admin Password/Passphrase
The admin password/passphrase provides access to the Web Interface and Command Line Interface (CLI). If this
password is lost, access to these interfaces is impossible until the password/passphrase is reset directly on the
device.
NOTE
The admin password/passphrase must be reset on both partitions.
To reset the admin password/passphrase, do the following:
1. Enter service mode. For more information, refer to
Section 2.7.2, “Accessing Service Mode” .
2. Type root and press Enter . The password prompt appears.
3. Type the password/passphrase associated with the root profile and press Enter . The default password is
admin .
4. Type confd_cli and press Enter .
5. Enable autowizard by typing:
autowizard
true
6. Type config and press Enter .
IMPORTANT!
Passwords/passphrases that contain special characters, including spaces, must be wrapped in
quotes (e.g. "password!2#").
7. Reset the admin password/passphrase by typing:
admin users userid admin set-password new-password
new-password-passphrase
new-password-repeat
new-
password-passphrase
If special characters are used, make sure to encapsulate the password in double-quotation marks (") as
follows:
NOTE
RUGGEDCOM ROX II supports the following special characters in passwords/passphrases: !@#$
%^&*()_+-={}[];:',<.>/?\|`~.
admin users userid admin set-password new-password new-password-passphrase new-password-repeat new-
password-passphrase
Where:
•
new-password-passphrase
is the new password/passphrase. Make sure the password/passphrase
complies with the password complexity rules configured for this device.
8. Reboot the device. For more information, refer to Section 4.5, “Rebooting the Device” .
9. As soon as the device starts to boot up, press ESC . A list of possible boot modes for each partition appears.
****Boot Partition 4****
[4-0]: Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.0.0-2-8360e