Changing The Admin Password; Enabling And Disabling Password Recovery - 3Com SUPERSTACK 3 WEBCACHE 3000 User Manual

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HAPTER OMMAND
Changing the Admin
Password
Enabling and
Disabling Password
Recovery
L I
INE NTERFACE
Restricting access does not change the caching operation of the
Webcache. Only access to the Web interface, CLI via Telnet and SNMP is
affected.
You can change the password for the admin user using the
command on the Security menu.
To change the password, you need to login as the admin user and then
follow the steps below:
1 At the Top-level menu, enter:
security password
The following prompt is displayed, allowing you to enter a new
password:
Enter the password:
2 Enter the new password for the admin user.
The following prompt is displayed, allowing you to re-enter the new
password as confirmation:
Re-enter the password:
If you press Return without entering a password, the password is set to
<no password>.
3 A message is displayed informing you that the password has been
successfully changed.
You can enable or disable password recovery for the Webcache using the
command on the Security menu. For further information
pwdRecover
about password recovery, see the
Management Interfaces"chapter on
CAUTION: 3Com recommends that you leave Password Recovery
enabled. If you disable it and subsequently forget the password for the
admin user name, you will have to return the Webcache to 3Com.
To enable or disable password recovery:
1 At the Top-level menu, enter:
security pwdRecover
The following example prompt is displayed:
"Securing Access to the Webcache
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password