Logging In To The Appliance - Cisco IPS-4255-K9 - Intrusion Protection Sys 4255 Installation Manual

Logging In to the Appliance

The service role is a special role that allows you to bypass the CLI if needed. Only a user with
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administrator privileges can edit the service account.
For IPS 5.0 and later, you can no longer remove the cisco account. You can disable it using the no
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password cisco command, but you cannot remove it. To use the no password cisco command, there
must be another administrator account on the sensor. Removing the cisco account through the service
account is not supported. If you remove the cisco account through the service account, the sensor most
likely will not boot up, so to recover the sensor you must reinstall the sensor system image.
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For the procedure for creating the service account, refer to
Logging In to the Appliance
You must initialize the appliance (run the setup command) from the console. After networking is
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configured, SSH and Telnet are available.
You can log in to the appliance from a console port. To log in to the appliance, follow these steps:
Step 1 Connect a console port to the sensor to log in to the appliance.
Step 2 Enter your username and password at the login prompt.
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login: cisco
Password:
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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Appliance and Module Installation Guide for IPS 7.0
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The default username and password are both cisco. You are prompted to change them the first
time you log in to the appliance.You must first enter the UNIX password, which is cisco. Then
you must enter the new password twice.
Chapter 9 Logging In to the Sensor
Creating the Service Account, page A-5.
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