Management Access To Security Contexts; System Administrator Access - Cisco ASA 5505 Configuration Manual

Chapter 6 Configuring Multiple Context Mode
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Outside
Admin
Context
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Management Access to Security Contexts

The adaptive security appliance provides system administrator access in multiple context mode as well
as access for individual context administrators. The following sections describe logging in as a system
administrator or as a context administrator:
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System Administrator Access

You can access the adaptive security appliance as a system administrator in two ways:
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As the system administrator, you can access all contexts.
When you change to a context from admin or the system, your username changes to the default
"enable_15" username. If you configured command authorization in that context, you need to either
configure authorization privileges for the "enable_15" user, or you can log in as a different name for
which you provide sufficient privileges in the command authorization configuration for the context. To
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shows a gateway context with two contexts behind the gateway.
Cascading Contexts
Internet
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Outside
Gateway
Context
Inside
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Outside
Context A
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Inside Inside
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Context Administrator Access, page 6-8
Access the adaptive security appliance console.
From the console, you access the system execution space, which means that any commands you enter
affect only the system configuration or the running of the system (for run-time commands).
Access the admin context using Telnet, SSH, or ASDM.
See Chapter 32, "Configuring Management Access,"
Information About Security Contexts
to enable Telnet, SSH, and SDM access.
Cisco ASA 5500 Series Configuration Guide using ASDM
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