Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance C650 Guía Del Usuario
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Cisco AsyncOS 8.0 for Email User Guide
Chapter 28 Distributing Administrative Tasks
Passwords
Step 3
Confirm the deletion by clicking Delete in the warning dialog that appears.
Step 4
Commit your changes.
Passwords
Changing Your Password
Users can change their own passwords via the Options > Change Password link at the top of the GUI.
Enter the old password then enter the new password and retype it for confirmation. Click Submit. You
are logged out and taken to the log in screen.
are logged out and taken to the log in screen.
In the CLI, use the
password
or
passwd
command to change your password. If you forget the password
for the admin user account, contact your customer support provider to reset the password.
The
password
command requires you to enter the old password for security.
Note
Changes to the password take effect immediately and do not require you commit the change.
Locking and Unlocking a User Account
Locking a user account prevents a local user from logging into the appliance. A user account can be
locked in one of the following ways:
locked in one of the following ways:
•
AsyncOS locks a user account if the user exceeded the maximum number of failed login attempts
defined in the Local User Account & Password Settings section.
defined in the Local User Account & Password Settings section.
•
Administrators can manually lock user accounts for security purposes using the System
Administration > Users page.
Administration > Users page.
AsyncOS displays the reason why the user account was locked when you view the user account on the
Edit User page.
Edit User page.
To unlock a user account, open the user account by clicking on the user name in the Users listing and
click Unlock Account.
click Unlock Account.
To manually lock a local user account, open the user account by clicking on the user name in the Users
listing and click Lock Account. AsyncOS displays a message saying that the user will be unable to log
into the appliance and asks if you want to continue.
listing and click Lock Account. AsyncOS displays a message saying that the user will be unable to log
into the appliance and asks if you want to continue.
You can also configure all local user accounts to lock after users fail to login successfully after a
configured number of attempts. For more information, see
configured number of attempts. For more information, see
Note
If you lock the admin account, you can only unlock it by logging in as the admin through a serial
communications connection to the serial console port. The admin user can always access the appliance
using the serial console port, even when the admin account is locked. See
communications connection to the serial console port. The admin user can always access the appliance
using the serial console port, even when the admin account is locked. See
for more information on accessing the appliance using the serial console port.