Setting The Boot Password/Passphrase - Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II User Manual

RUGGEDCOM ROX II
CLI User Guide
admin users userid profile set-password new-password "new-password-passphrase" new-password-repeat
"new-password-passphrase"
Where:
• profile is the user profile (e.g. admin, oper or guest)
• new-password-passphrase is the new password/passphrase. Make sure the password/passphrase
complies with the password complexity rules configured for this device.
Section 4.10.3

Setting the Boot Password/Passphrase

The boot password/passphrase grants access to BIST mode and service mode, which are only accessible
through the Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information about these modes, refer to
"Accessing Different CLI
CAUTION!
Security hazard – risk of unauthorized access and/or exploitation. User authentication is not required to
access BIST mode. Configure a boot password/passphrase to control initial access to the device.
IMPORTANT!
The boot password/passphrase is only supported by version 2010.09RR16 or later of the uboot binary.
For information about determining and/or upgrading the uboot version installed on the device, refer to
the application note Upgrading Uboot on ROX Devices available on www.siemens.com/ruggedcom.
NOTE
To set a blank password/passphrase, type "" (double quotes).
IMPORTANT!
Passwords/passphrases that contain special characters, including spaces, must be wrapped in quotes
(e.g. "password!2#").
To set the boot password/passphrase, do the following:
NOTE
A passphrase must consist of four separate words and each word must be 4 to 20 characters long.
1. Enable autowizard by typing:
autowizard true
2. Set the boot password/passphrase by typing:
admin authentication set-boot-password new-password new-password-passphrase new-password-repeat
new-password-passphrase old-password old-password-passphrase
If special characters are used, make sure to encapsulate the password in double-quotation marks (") as
follows:
NOTE
RUGGEDCOM ROX II supports the following special characters in passwords/passphrases: !@#$
%^&*()_+-={}[];:',<.>/?\|`~.
Setting the Boot Password/Passphrase
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Chapter 4
System Administration
Section 2.6.1,
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