BX 4000 Sereies Quick Start Guide
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Change Your Password
NOTE: Managing the BX4000 cannot be done with root privileges. As such, you need to prefix all
SSH/Telnet commands with 'sudo'.
1. Enter the command
sudo passwd admin
You will be asked to put in your password in order to use the sudo command. The sudo command permis-
sions expire periodically (usually after 5 minutes by default). See man sudo for more information.
2. Enter your new password.
Make sure the password contains upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.
Note: If your password does not contain all of the above you will get the following warning
“BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word”.
3. Reenter the password for confirmation.
You will be asked for your password whenever you open new connection, or when you run a sudo command.
The “sudo” command will ask for your password each time you run it. If you logout from
the current session or if it closes by timing out (10 min.), you will be asked for your pass-
word again.
Network Configuration
The only allowed user name is “admin”.
For Networking configuration:
1. Run the following command as admin:
# sudo config_net
The following menu will appear.
1) Configure Host Networking
2) Configure IP Address
3) Configuration for Host Networking and IP Address
4) Exit
2. Enter Your Selection:
The current HOST configuration will be displayed and you will be asked if you want to change it.
Configure Host Networking
Selection 1 under the config_net brings you to this flow. It will show the current configuration and ask if you
want to change it.
Configure Host Networking -
The current HOST configuration is:
NETWORKING=yes
NETWORKING_IPV6=no
GATEWAY=<IP_ADDRESS>
HOSTNAME=<hostname.domainname>
Do you want to change this configuration? [y/N]: (Default “No”)
Y – will open the following flow:
