Changing The Administrative Password - Cisco ACE-4710-K9 Administration Manual

Chapter 1 Setting Up the ACE
Step 3

Changing the Administrative Password

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To access configuration mode, enter the following command:
switch/Admin# configure
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z
The prompt changes to the following:
switch/Admin(config)#
During the initial login process to the ACE, you enter the default user name
admin and the default password admin in lowercase text. You cannot modify or
delete the default administrative username; however, for security reasons, you
must change the administrative password. If you do not change the administrative
password, security on your ACE can be compromised because the administrative
password is configured to be the same for every ACE shipped from Cisco
Systems.
For software versions A1(8.0a) and higher, you must change the default Admin
password if you have not already done so. Otherwise, you will be able to log in to
the ACE only through the console port.
The administrative username and password are stored in Flash memory. Each time
that you reboot the ACE, it reads the username and password from Flash memory.
Global administrative status is assigned to the administrative username by default.
For users that you create in the Admin context, the default scope of access is for
the entire ACE. If you do not assign a user role to a new user, the default user role
is Network-Monitor. For users that you create in other contexts, the default scope
of access is the entire context. To verify the account and permission for each user,
use the show user-account Exec command. For details on contexts, user roles,
and domains, see the Cisco 4700 Series Application Control Engine Appliance
Virtualization Configuration Guide.
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