Modifying The Administrator Account Passwords; Resetting The Administrator Cli Account Password - Cisco GSS-4492R-K9 Administration Manual

Modifying the Administrator Account Passwords

Modifying the Administrator Account Passwords

Resetting the Administrator CLI Account Password

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This section describes how to reset the administrator account password from the
GSS CLI. It also discusses how to restore the default administration password to
log in to the primary GSSM.
This section contains the following topics:
Resetting the Administrator CLI Account Password
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Changing the Administrator CLI Password
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Restoring or Changing the Administrator GUI Password
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If you forget the password for the GSS administrator account, you can reset it
from the GSS CLI. You must have physical access to the GSS device to perform
this procedure.
To reset the administrator CLI account password, perform the following steps:
Attach an ASCII terminal to the Console port on the GSS device. See the
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Cisco Global Site Selector Hardware Installation Guide for instructions on
connecting a console cable to your GSS series hardware.
If the GSS device is currently up and running, power cycle it to perform a
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restart of the GSS. As the GSS reboots, the output appears on the console
terminal.
After the BIOS boots and the LILO boot: prompt appears, enter ? (a question
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mark) to determine which software version the GSS device is running and to
enter boot mode.
LILO boot: ?
GSS-<software_version>
boot:
At the LILO boot: prompt, press Tab or ? to view a listing of the available
GSS software images.
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