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You cannot delete, rename, or disable admin and you cannot change its access level from Read-write, but you can
disable its web and API access.
disable its web and API access.
You should change the password as soon as possible. Choose a strong password, particularly if administration over
IP is enabled.
IP is enabled.
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 Expressway. See
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 Expressway. See
for details.
Administrator account fields reference
Field
Description
Usage tips
Name
The username for the administrator account.
Some names such as "root" are reserved. Local
administrator account user names are case
sensitive.
administrator account user names are case
sensitive.
Access
level
level
The access level of the administrator account:
Read-write: allows all configuration information
to be viewed and changed. This provides the
same rights as the default admin account.
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 page, are
blocked to read-only accounts.
information to be viewed only and not changed.
Some pages, such as the Upgrade page, are
blocked to read-only accounts.
Auditor: allows access to the Event Log,
Configuration Log, Network Log, Alarms and
Overview pages only .
Configuration Log, Network Log, Alarms and
Overview pages only .
Default: Read-write
The access permissions of the currently logged in
user are shown in the system information bar at
the bottom of each web page.
user are shown in the system information bar at
the bottom of each web page.
The access level of the default admin account
cannot be changed from Read-write.
cannot be changed from Read-write.
Password
The password that this administrator will use to
log in to the Expressway.
log in to the Expressway.
All passwords on the Expressway are encrypted,
so you only see placeholder characters here.
so you only see placeholder characters here.
When entering passwords, the bar next to the
Password field changes color to indicate the
complexity of the password. You can configure
the complexity requirements for local
administrator passwords on the
Password field changes color to indicate the
complexity of the password. You can configure
the complexity requirements for local
administrator passwords on the
page (Users > Password security).
You cannot set blank passwords.
New
password
password
Enter a new password for the account.
This field only appears when you are changing a
password.
password.
Confirm
password
password
Re-enter the password for the account.
This field only appears when you create an
account or when you change its password.
account or when you change its password.
Web
access
access
Select whether this account is allowed to log in
to the system using the web interface.
to the system using the web interface.
Default: Yes
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