Cisco Cisco NAC Appliance 4.1.0
Cisco NAC Appliance - Clean Access Manager Installation and Administration Guide
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Chapter 15 Administration
Manage System Passwords
Manage System Passwords
It is important to provide secure passwords for the user accounts in Cisco NAC Appliance system, and
to change them from time to time to maintain system security. The suite does not generally impose
standards for the passwords you choose, but it is advised that you use strong passwords, that is,
passwords with at least six characters, mixed letters and numbers, and so on. Strong passwords reduce
the likelihood of a successful password guessing attack against your system.
to change them from time to time to maintain system security. The suite does not generally impose
standards for the passwords you choose, but it is advised that you use strong passwords, that is,
passwords with at least six characters, mixed letters and numbers, and so on. Strong passwords reduce
the likelihood of a successful password guessing attack against your system.
Cisco NAC Appliance contains the following built-in administrative user account passwords:
1.
Clean Access Manager installation machine
root
user
2.
Clean Access Server installation machine
root
user
3.
Clean Access Server web console
admin
user
4.
Clean Access Manager web console
admin
user
The first three passwords are initially set at installation time (the default password is cisco123). To
change these passwords at a later time, access the CAM or CAS machine by SSH, logging in as the user
whose password you want to change. Use the Linux
change these passwords at a later time, access the CAM or CAS machine by SSH, logging in as the user
whose password you want to change. Use the Linux
passwd
command to change the user’s password.
This section describes the following:
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Change the CAM Web Console Admin Password
To change the Clean Access Manager web console admin user password, use the following procedure.
1.
Go to Administration > Admin Users > List.
2.
Click the Edit
(
)
icon for user admin