Initial System Set-up
Logging in as root
GRF 400/1600 Getting Started - 1.4 Update 2
October, 1998
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Changing the configuration script later
If later you need to change any of the information you entered in the first-time configuration
script, you can run the script again. Enter:
# config_netstart
The script will run again and will re-prompt for the same information as the first time.
Logging in as root
This section describes the root log in to the GRF. The root log in is the UNIX-equivalent super
user. The first log in while you are connected using the VT-100 terminal must be a root log in.
After you connect the GRF to the local Ethernet, the root log in is not required. Normally you
will telnet to the GRF and use the administrative log in.
After the configuration script completes, you are prompted to press the Enter key.
When you do, the
User:
prompt appears for the first log in.
You need to log in as user
root
. The preset password for
root
is
Ascend
(with a capital A).
Here is the process:
Press <Enter> to continue.
User:
At the
User
prompt, type:
root
User: root
Password:
Use the preset password, type:
Ascend
(Ascend with a capital A)
Password: • • • • • •
When a password is entered, it is not echoed (displayed) on the screen.
The
super>
prompt appears:
super>
The
super>
prompt indicates you are in the Command Line Interface (CLI), and are logged
in as
root
. When you log in to a GRF as
root
, you automatically get the CLI shell. In the
CLI,
root
is super user, hence the
super>
prompt.
Changing the root password
GRF systems are shipped with
Ascend
(capital A) preset as the
root
password. As a security
precaution, Customer Support recommends that you change this preset password now, before
you begin system configuration.
If you are at the
super>
prompt, you are in the CLI. You need to be in the UNIX shell to
change the password. Use sh to invoke the UNIX shell. Each time you start the shell, you see
the Lucent copyright and version notice. Type exit to leave the shell.
At the
super>
prompt, execute the sh command to create a UNIX shell, the UNIX # prompt
appears:
super> sh
#
