Password Recovery; Creating The Service Account - Cisco 4215 - Intrusion Detection Sys Sensor Configuration Manual

Chapter 4 Initial Configuration Tasks
Verify that the user has been removed:
Step 6
sensor(config)# exit
sensor# show users all
*
sensor#
The user
You cannot use this command to remove yourself from the system
Note

Password Recovery

The following password recovery options exist:
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You can reimage the sensor using either the recovery partition or a system image file. For more
information, see

Creating the Service Account

You can create a service account for TAC to use during troubleshooting. Although more than one user
can have access to the sensor, only one user can have service privileges on a sensor. The service account
is for support purposes only.
You should carefully consider whether you want to create a service account. The service account
Caution
provides shell access to the system, which makes the system vulnerable. However, you can use the
service account to create a new password if the Administrator password is lost. Analyze your situation
to decide if you want a service account existing on the system.
Do not make modifications to the sensor through the service account except under the direction of TAC.
Caution
If you use the service account to configure the sensor, your configuration is not supported by TAC.
Adding services to the operating system through the service account affects proper performance and
functioning of the other IPS services. TAC does not support a sensor on which additional services have
been added.
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CLI ID User Privilege
13491 cisco administrator
jtaylor service
jroberts viewer
has been removed.
jsmith
If another Administrator account exists, the other Administrator can change the password.
If a Service account exists, you can log in to the service account and switch to user root using the
command su - root. Use the password command to change the CLI Administrator account's
password. For example, if the Administrator password is "adminu," the command is password
adminu. You are prompted to enter the new password twice. For more information, see
Service Account, page 4-13.
Chapter 17, "Upgrading, Downgrading, and Installing System Images."
Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 5.0
Configuring User Parameters
Creating the
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