Bypass The Set Password Screen - Cisco 8800 Series Manual

Bypass the Set Password Screen

Parameter Name
User Password
Prompt
Bypass the Set Password Screen
Note This feature isn't available from firmware release 11.2.3 and later.
You can bypass the phone Set password screen on the first boot or after a factory reset, based on these
provisioning actions:
• DHCP configuration
• EDOS configuration
• User password configuration using in the phone XML configuration file
After the User Password is configured, the set password screen doesn't appear.
Procedure
Step 1
Edit the phone cfg.xml file in a text or XML editor.
Step 2
Insert the <User_Password> tag using one of these options.
• No password (start and end tag)–<User_Password></User_Password>
• Password value (4-127 characters)–<User_Password >Abc123</User_Password>
• No password (start tag only)–<User_Password />
Step 3 Save the changes to the cfg.xml file.
The Set password screen doesn't appear on the first boot or after a factory reset. If a password is specified,
the user is prompted to enter the password when accessing the phone web interface or the phone screen menus.
Cisco IP Phone 8800 Series Multiplatform Phone Administration Guide for Release 11.3(1) and Later
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Description and Default Value
Controls whether the user password setup screen prompts.
Perform one of the following:
• In the phone configuration file with XML(cfg.xml), enter a string in this format:
<User_Password_Prompt ua="na">Yes</User_Password_Prompt>
• In the phone web interface, set to Yes to make the prompt available to the user.
Allowed values: Yes|No
Default: Yes
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