Configuring Administrator Accounts - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Regardless of this setting, it is not possible to set a blank password for any administrator account.
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This setting affects local administrator account passwords only. It does not affect any other passwords
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used on the VCS such as in the local authentication database, LDAP server, external registration
credentials, user account passwords, or administrator account passwords stored on remote credential
directories.
All passwords and usernames are case sensitive.
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Configuring administrator accounts

The Administrator accounts
the local administrator accounts that have been configured on the VCS, and lets you add, edit and delete
accounts.
Default administrator account
The VCS has a default local administrator account with full Read-write access. This account is used to
access the VCS using the web UI, the API interface or the CLI. Note that you can still access the VCS via
the admin account even if a Remote authentication source is in use.
The username for this account is admin (all lower case) and the default password is TANDBERG (all upper
case). You cannot delete the default administrator account or change its admin username, but you should
change the password as soon as possible. Choose a strong password, particularly if administration over IP is
enabled. The access level of the default admin account cannot be changed from Read-write but it is possible
to disable its web and API access.
If you forget the password for the admin account, you can log in as another administrator account with read-
write access and change the password for the admin account. If there are no other administrator accounts,
or you have forgotten those passwords as well, you can still reset the password for the admin account
providing you have physical access to the VCS. See the
Additional administrator accounts
You can add additional local administrator accounts, which can be used to access the VCS over the web and
API interfaces, but not the CLI.
The configurable options are:
Field Description
Name The username for the administrator account.
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X7.2)
page (Maintenance > Login accounts > Administrator
Resetting forgotten passwords
Usage tips
Some names such as "root" are reserved. Local
administrator account user names are case
sensitive.
Maintenance
accounts) lists all
section for details.
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