Cisco Cisco TelePresence MCU 4510 Maintenance Manual
System defined users
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System defined users
The MCU is pre-configured with two user accounts ("admin" and "guest"), but you can also add other
users (see
users (see
). Refer to the table below for descriptions of the pre-configured
users.
User ID
Description
Usage tips
admin
The MCU must have at least one
configured user with administrator
privileges. By default, the User ID is
"admin" and no password is required.
configured user with administrator
privileges. By default, the User ID is
"admin" and no password is required.
If you configure the MCU with advanced
account security mode, a password is
required. For more information about
advanced account security mode, refer to
account security mode, a password is
required. For more information about
advanced account security mode, refer to
After logging into the MCU for the first time
(see
(see
Logging into the web interface
), you
can change the User ID and password for
this account. The privilege level is fixed at
administrator for the admin user - who can
see all the pages and change settings.
this account. The privilege level is fixed at
administrator for the admin user - who can
see all the pages and change settings.
guest
The MCU must have at least one
configured user with access privileges
below administrator. The fixed User ID for
this user is "guest" and by default no
password is required.
configured user with access privileges
below administrator. The fixed User ID for
this user is "guest" and by default no
password is required.
If you configure the MCU with advanced
account security mode, the guest account
requires a password that adheres to secure
password criteria. For more information
about advanced account security mode,
refer to
account security mode, the guest account
requires a password that adheres to secure
password criteria. For more information
about advanced account security mode,
refer to
You cannot change the name of the
"guest" User ID. You can add a password.
"guest" User ID. You can add a password.
You can modify the system defined user accounts if you need to. For example, for security, you should
add a password to the admin account.
add a password to the admin account.
Note that you can also create new accounts with administrator or lower access privileges in addition to
these pre-defined users (see
these pre-defined users (see