Setting The Maintenance Password/Passphrase - Siemens RUGGEDCOM ROX II User Manual

Chapter 4
System Administration
admin authentication set-boot-password new-password "new-password-passphrase" new-password-repeat
"new-password-passphrase" old-password "old-password-passphrase"
Where:
• new-password-passphrase is the new password/passphrase. Make sure the password/passphrase
complies with the password complexity rules configured for this device.
• old-password-passphrase is the old password/passphrase
Section 4.10.4

Setting the Maintenance Password/Passphrase

The maintenance password/passphrase grants access to the maintenance mode, which is only accessible
through the Command Line Interface (CLI). For more information about this mode, refer to
"Accessing Different CLI
CAUTION!
Configuration hazard – risk of data corruption. Maintenance mode is provided for troubleshooting
purposes and should only be used by Siemens technicians. As such, this mode is not fully
documented. Misuse of maintenance mode commands can corrupt the operational state of the device
and render it inaccessible.
IMPORTANT!
Passwords/passphrases that contain special characters, including spaces, must be wrapped in quotes
(e.g. "password!2#").
To set the maintenance password, do the following:
NOTE
A passphrase must consist of four separate words and each word must be 4 to 20 characters long.
1. Enable autowizard by typing:
autowizard true
2. Set the maintenance password/passphrase by typing:
admin authentication set-maint-password new-password new-password-passphrase new-password-repeat
new-password-passphrase old-password old-password-passphrase
If special characters are used, make sure to encapsulate the password in double-quotation marks (") as
follows:
NOTE
RUGGEDCOM ROX II supports the following special characters in passwords/passphrases: !@#$
%^&*()_+-={}[];:',<.>/?\|`~.
admin authentication set-maint-password new-password "new-password-passphrase" new-password-repeat
"new-password-passphrase" old-password "old-password-passphrase"
Where:
• new-password-passphrase is the new password/passphrase. Make sure the password/passphrase
complies with the password complexity rules configured for this device.
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Modes".
Section 2.6.1,
Setting the Maintenance Password/Passphrase
RUGGEDCOM ROX II
CLI User Guide