Symantec Security 5600 Series, Security 5400 Series,Clientless VPN 4400 Series, Administration Manual

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70 Managing administrative access
Changing passwords
4 On the Privileges tab, do the following:
5 Optionally, on the Description tab, type a more detailed description than you typed in the Caption
text box.
6 Click OK .
7 Optionally, do one of the following:
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To save your configuration now and activate later, on the toolbar, click Save .
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To activate your configuration now, on the toolbar, click Activate .
When prompted to save your changes, click Yes .
Related information
For further information related to this topic, see the following:
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“Machine Account Properties—General tab” on page 764
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“Machine Account Properties—Privileges tab” on page 765
Changing passwords
The administrative and machine accounts you create are secured by passwords, which you should
change regularly to protect the integrity of your security gateway.
The following topics describe how to change these passwords using the SGMI:
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Changing administrator passwords
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Changing the root password
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Changing a machine account password
You can also use the LCD panel on the appliance to generate a new random root and admin password.
For more information, see the Connecting and Configuring section of the
Symantec Gateway Security
5000 Series Getting Started guide.
Last password
change The Last Password Change text box is read only; it displays the date of the most recent
password change.
Caption Type a brief description of the machine account.
View log Check to let the remote computer view security gateway log files.
Manage log Check to let the remote computer access and manage security gateway log files.
Provide IDS blacklist
entries Check to let the remote computer add or change entries in the Blacklist file.
If you check this entry, complete the following fields:
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Pass entries on port
Type the port number to be used to connect to the blacklist.
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Entry lifetime (minutes)
Type the length of time the blacklist entries are valid.