Changing A Username; Changing A Password (Allowed By All Users); Printing The List Of Users; Resetting The Login Credentials - Cisco D9859 Installation And Configuration Manual

Chapter 3 Installation

Changing a Username

1 At the admin prompt, type pwd username_change and press Enter.
2 At the CURRENT USERNAME prompt, type the username you want to edit and
press Enter.
3 At the NEW USERNAME prompt, type the new username and press Enter.
Note: Ensure that the new username does not match any of the usernames
already defined in the authentication table.
4 At the ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD prompt, type the administrator's
password and press Enter.

Changing a Password (allowed by all Users)

Passwords can be changed by all users.
1 At the admin prompt, type pwd password_change and press Enter.
2 At the CURRENT PASSWORD prompt, type the current login password you
want to change and press Enter.
3 At the NEW PASSWORD prompt, type a new login password and press Enter.
4 At the CONFIRM NEW PASSWORD prompt, type the new login password
again to confirm and press Enter.
Note: The new password and the confirm new password should be identical.
Each user, including the admin user, can modify only his own password.

Printing the List of Users

At the admin prompt, type pwd list_users and press Enter.
Note: Only usernames will be printed. Passwords will not be visible.

Resetting the Login Credentials

At any time, the user authentication table can be reset from the front panel. This
option is under the Setup: IP: IP menu. Scroll down to Reset Credentials and press
SELECT. Press
username and randomly generated password will be displayed on the f ront panel
display for approximately 30 seconds. The new account will have Admin privileges.
We recommend that this account be replaced by a login username and password
chosen by the administrator. To change the username and password, you must be an
Admin user. Refer to To Change the User Login Passwords (on page 245).
Note: After this recovery procedure, all existing user accounts will be lost.
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and then press SELECT to confirm the operation. A new login
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