Setting The System Password; Administrator Settings Menu Password; Setting A Root Password - Cisco Telepresence MX300 Administrator's Manual

Cisco TelePresence MX Series
AdministrAtor guide
Table of contents Introduction
Setting the system password
You need a username and password to sign in to the web and
command line interfaces of your system.
The video conference system is delivered with a default user
account with username admin and no password set. This user
has full access rights to the system.
NOTE: We strongly recommend that you set a password for
the admin user to restrict access to system configuration.
Make sure to keep a copy of the password in a safe
You have to contact your Cisco representative if you have
forgotten the password.
Changing your system password
Perform the following steps to change the system password.
If a password is currently not set, use a blank
password; to remove a password, leave the
fields blank.
1. Sign in to the web interface with your username and
current password.
2. Click your username in the upper right corner and select
Change password in the drop down menu.
3. Enter the Current password, the New
repeat the new password in the appropriate input fields.
The password format is a string with 0–64 characters.
4. Click Change password.
Changing another user's system password
Read more about creating more user accounts in the
management section.
If you have ADMIN rights, you can change all users' passwords
by performing the following steps:
1. Sign in to the web interface with your username and password.
2. Go to the Maintenance tab and select
3. Select the appropriate user from the list.
4. Enter a new password and PIN code.
5. Click Save.
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Web interface
Setting the Administrator settings menu
password
When starting up the system for the first time the
Administrator Settings menu password is not set.
NOTE: We strongly recommend that you define a password
to protect the Administrator Settings menu on the Touch
controller, since these settings affect the behavior of the video
conference system.
You need to use a command line interface to set the
place.
Administrator Settings menu password; you neither can use
the Touch controller nor the web interface.
Setting the Administrator Settings menu password
1. Connect to the system through the network or the serial
data port, using a command line interface (SSH or Telnet).
Current
2. Type the following command:
New password
xCommand SystemUnit MenuPassword Set
Password: <password>
The password format is a string with 0–255 characters.
password, and
User
User Administration.
Advanced settings Appendices Appendices
Setting a root password
You can also protect the file system of your video system by
setting a password for the root user. The root user is disabled
by default. You have to use the command line interface to
enable the root user and set a root password.
Setting a root password
Perform the following steps to activate the root user and set a
password for it:
1. Connect to the system through the network or the serial
data port, using a command line interface (SSH or Telnet).
2. Sign in to the system with username and password. The
user needs ADMIN rights.
3. Type the following command:
systemtools rootsettings on <password>
NOTE: The root password is not the same as the system
(admin) password.
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