Cisco Cisco Expressway Maintenance Manual
Configuring administrator accounts
The
Administrator accounts
page (
Users > Administrator accounts
) lists all the local administrator
accounts on the Expressway.
In general, local administrator accounts are used to access the Expressway on its web interface or API
interface, but are not permitted to access the CLI.
interface, but are not permitted to access the CLI.
On this page you can:
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Create a new administrator account
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Change an administrator password
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Change the access level of an account: Read-write, Read-only, or Auditor
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Change the access scope of an account: Web access, API access, or both
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Delete, enable, or disable individual or multiple administrator accounts
Editing administrator account details
You can edit the details for the default administrator account and for additional local administrator accounts.
Go to
Users > Administrator accounts
. Under Actions for the relevant administrator account, click Edit
user.
A new page is displayed, where you can edit all fields for the selected administrator account except for the
password. To change the password, see below.
password. To change the password, see below.
About the "admin" account
This default local administrator account has full Read-write access and can access the Expressway using
the web UI, the API interface, or the CLI. You can access the Expressway via the admin account even if a
Remote authentication source is in use.
the web UI, the API interface, or the CLI. You can access the Expressway 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).
case).
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.
you can 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.
administration over 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
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
details.
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