Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide
Chapter 5 SR 5.0 Post Upgrade Procedures
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Authorize Access to the DNCS Administrative
Console
If your pre-SR 5.0 system contained existing pre-upgrade user accounts and you
“granted Administrative access” to the user during preUpgradeChecks, you have to
authorize these users to access the DNCS Administrative Console.
Use this procedure to authorize web access to the Administrative Console for any
existing OS username.
1 In a root xterm window on the DNCS, type the following command and press
“granted Administrative access” to the user during preUpgradeChecks, you have to
authorize these users to access the DNCS Administrative Console.
Use this procedure to authorize web access to the Administrative Console for any
existing OS username.
1 In a root xterm window on the DNCS, type the following command and press
Enter.
/usr/apache2/bin/htdigest /etc/apache2/user-
conf/SAIdncs.digest "Cisco DNCS" [username]
conf/SAIdncs.digest "Cisco DNCS" [username]
Notes:
This is a single command. Do not press Enter until the entire command has
been typed.
been typed.
Substitute the user account name for [username]. Do not type the brackets in
the command.
the command.
2 Type the new web interface password for the user and press Enter.
3
3
Type the new password again and press Enter. The system compares the two
password entries.
password entries.
4 Did the They don’t match, sorry message appear?
If yes, the two passwords you entered did not match. Go back to step 3 and
re-type the command.
re-type the command.
If no, the system prompt is returned. You are finished with this procedure.