Changing The Administrator Cli Password - Cisco GSS-4492R-K9 Administration Manual

Chapter 3 Creating and Managing User Accounts

Changing the Administrator CLI Password

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Enter the ? command within a few seconds of seeing the LILO boot
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prompt or the GSS device continues to boot. If you miss the time window
to enter the ? command, wait for the GSS to properly complete booting,
cycle power to the GSS device, and try again to access the LILO boot
prompt.
At the boot: prompt, enter GSS-<software_version>
4.
RESETADMINCLIPW=1. Be careful when entering this command; this
CLI command is case sensitive.
For example, to specify GSS software version 1.3.1, enter:
boot: GSS-1.3.1 RESETADMINCLIPW=1
If you successfully reset the administrator password, the "Resetting admin
account CLI password" message appears on the console terminal while the GSS
device reboots. If the message does not appear, repeat Steps 2 through 4. Pay close
attention when you enter the GSS-<software_version>
RESETADMINCLIPW=1 command.
You can change the administrator password that accesses the GSS CLI by using
the username global configuration mode command.
The syntax for this command is as follows:
username name password password
The arguments and keywords are as follows:
name—Username that you want to assign or change. Enter an unquoted text
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string with no spaces and a maximum of 32 characters. Login names may
contain alpha characters (for example, A-Z or a-z) and/or numerals. Numerals
may be present at any position in the name.
password password—Modifies the password used to log in to the GSS CLI.
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Specify the password that you want to change. Enter an unquoted text string
with no spaces and a maximum length of eight characters.
Modifying the Administrator Account Passwords
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