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Chapter 11
Security Options
The Security page opens displaying the Control Access to the Traffic Server Manager section (shown
below).
3. Select Authentication (basic): On to check the administrator ID and password when a user tries to access
Traffic Manager from a browser.
When Authentication (basic) is Off, any user can access Traffic Manager unless you have set up a list of
IP addresses that are denied access to Traffic Manager (refer to
Controlling host access to Traffic
Manager‚ on page 86
).
4. To change the current administrator ID, type a new ID in the Administrator’s ID field.
5. To change the current password, click the Change Administrator’s Password link, and then enter the
current and new password in the boxes provided.
If you have forgotten the current administrator password, refer to ‘If you forget the administrator
password,” below.
6. Click the Make These Changes button to apply the configuration changes.
If you forget the administrator password
If you forget the administrator password and cannot access Traffic Manager, you can clear the current
password in the
records.config
file (set the value of the configuration variable to
NULL
), and then enter a
new password in Traffic Manager. You cannot set passwords in the
records.config
file because the
password variables can only contain password encryptions or the value
NULL
.
To clear and re-enter the administrator password:
1. Telnet into the HP web cache appliance and select Shell Access as described in
Overview of Access
Methods‚ on page 7
.
2. Open the
records.config
file located in Traffic Server’s
config
directory with Vi.
