Cisco Cisco Content Security Management Appliance M160 Guía Del Usuario
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Cisco IronPort AsyncOS 8.0 for Security Management User Guide
Chapter 12 Distributing Administrative Tasks
Note
Asterisks indicate users assigned custom user roles for delegated administration. “Unassigned” appears
in red if the user’s custom role has been deleted. For more information on custom user roles, see
in red if the user’s custom role has been deleted. For more information on custom user roles, see
.
Setting and Changing Passwords
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When you add a user, you specify an initial password for that user.
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To change passwords for users configured on the system, use the Edit User page in the GUI (see
for more information).
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To change the password for the default admin user account for the system, use the Edit User page in
the GUI (see
the GUI (see
for more information) or use the
password
or
passwd
command in the CLI. If you forget the password for the “admin” user account, contact
your customer support provider to reset the password.
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To force users to change their passwords, see
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Users can change their own passwords by clicking the Options menu at the top right side of the GUI
and selecting the Change Password option.
and selecting the Change Password option.
On the Change Password page, enter the old password, and then enter the new password and reenter
it for confirmation. Click Submit to log out. The login screen appears.
it for confirmation. Click Submit to log out. The login screen appears.
Configuring Restrictive User Account and Password Settings
You can define user account and password restrictions to enforce organizational password policies. The
user account and password restrictions apply to local users defined on the Cisco IronPort appliance. You
can configure the following settings:
user account and password restrictions apply to local users defined on the Cisco IronPort appliance. You
can configure the following settings:
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User account locking. You can define how many failed login attempts cause the user to be locked
out of the account.
out of the account.
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Password lifetime rules. You can define how long a password can exist before the user is required
to change the password after logging in.
to change the password after logging in.
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Password rules. You can define what kinds of passwords users can choose, such as which characters
are optional or mandatory.
are optional or mandatory.
Procedure
Step 1
Choose Management Appliance > System Administration > Users.
Step 2
Scroll down to the Local User Account and Password Settings section.
Step 3
Click Edit Settings.