Configuring Administrator Accounts - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

2. Enter the new password to be used when logging into this account into the New password and Confirm
password fields and click Save.
This procedure only applies if
enabled, passwords are managed through your remote directory server instead.

Configuring administrator accounts

The Administrator accounts
the administrator accounts that have been configured on the VCS, and lets you add, edit and delete
accounts.
The configurable options are:
Field Description
Name The username for the administrator account.
Password The password that this administrator will use to log in to
the VCS. The password can be up to 16 characters.
Account Administrator accounts can be assigned the following
access access permissions:
Read-write: allows all configuration to be viewed and
changed. This provides the same rights as the default
admin account.
Read-only: allows status and configuration information
to be viewed only and not changed. Some pages, such
as the Upgrade
accounts.
Auditor: allows access only to the
Configuration
page.
Account disabled: web login access to the VCS is not
allowed.
To create a new administrator account, click New.
To edit an existing administrator account, click View/Edit.
Password strength
When entering passwords, the bar under the Password field changes color to indicate the complexity of the
password. If the VCS is operating in Enforce strict passwords mode (set on the
Maintenance > Login accounts > Password
accepted.
Note: you cannot set blank passwords for any administrator account.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.1)
local user account authentication
page (Maintenance > Login accounts > Administrator
page, are blocked to read-only
Event Log,
Log, Network Log and the
security) the password must be Strong before it will be
is enabled. If remote authentication is
Usage tips
Some names such as "root" are reserved.
All passwords on the VCS are encrypted,
so you only see placeholder characters
here.
The access permissions of the currently
logged in user are shown in the system
information bar at the bottom of each web
page.
Overview
Maintenance
accounts) lists all
Password security page,
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