Using Web Link; Using Transcend; Changing The Root Password - 3Com 3C8S5007 - SuperStack II PathBuilder S500 Switch User Manual

Using Web Link

Using Transcend

Changing the Root
Password
The software includes online help for commands, services, parameters,
and syntax. The syntax style that appears in the online help is the full
form syntax; it contains full names and visual cues for entering
commands. You can also enter commands using an abbreviated version
of the syntax style.
When you use Web Link, PathBuilder switch configuration tools are
dynamically generated HTML pages that are based on an internal menu
system. Using Web Link you can perform protocol service configuration
following standardized step-by-step procedures or on an individual
service per parameter basis. Help for all service configuration is presented
on-line. Web Link also provides Java graphs for high-level health and
low-level protocol and interface statistics. Diagnostics are also available.
See the Using Web Link Network Management Tools chapter in Using
Enterprise OS Software for instructions on how to set up IP routing and
access Web Link.
The Transcend Network Control Services application provides excellent
tools for managing groups of tunnel switches. See the Transcend
documentation for further information.
The default root password is a null string, which is generated by pressing
the Return key.
You should specify a new password immediately after you log on for the
first time. Changing the root password prevents unauthorized users from
accessing and executing software commands and parameters.
The root user has two privilege levels and passwords: Network Manager
and User. The User privilege enables only a subset of software
commands. You should assign passwords for both levels. If you log in as
root and enter the Network Manager password, you have Network
Manager privilege. If you log in as root with the User password, you have
User privilege.
You might log on with the User password if you only want to examine
parameters and statistics. If you want to change the privilege level
without logging off, use:
SET -SYS PRIvilege = User | NetMgr

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