Cisco Cisco FirePOWER Appliance 8390
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 2 Logging into the FireSIGHT System
Logging Out of the Appliance
Shell users can log in using user names with lowercase, uppercase, or mixed case letters. Login
authentication for the shell is case sensitive. LDAP usernames can include underscores (
authentication for the shell is case sensitive. LDAP usernames can include underscores (
_
), periods (
.
),
and hyphens (
-
), but otherwise only alphanumeric characters are supported.
If your organization uses SecurID tokens when logging in, append the token to your SecurID PIN and
use that as your password to log in. For example, if your PIN is
use that as your password to log in. For example, if your PIN is
1111
and the SecurID token is
222222
,
type
1111222222
.
Note
If you do not have access to the web interface, contact your system administrator to modify your account
privileges, or log in as a user with Administrator access and modify the privileges for the account. For
more information, see
privileges, or log in as a user with Administrator access and modify the privileges for the account. For
more information, see
.
To create an externally authenticated account on the appliance:
Access:
Any
Step 1
Direct your browser to
https://hostname/
, where
hostname
corresponds to the host name of the
appliance.
The Login page appears.
Step 2
Type your
Username
and
Password
.
Note
If your company uses SecurID, append the SecurID token to your SecurID PIN and use that as
your password when you log in.
your password when you log in.
Step 3
Click
Login
.
The page that appears depends on the default access role for external authentication:
•
If a default access role is selected in the authentication object or the system policy, the default start
page appears. If you selected a new home page for your user account, then that page is displayed
instead. See
page appears. If you selected a new home page for your user account, then that page is displayed
instead. See
for more information.
The menus and menu options that are available to you at the top of the page are based on the
privileges for your user account. However, the links on the default home page include options that
span the range of user account privileges. If you click a link that requires different privileges from
those granted to your account, the following warning message is displayed:
privileges for your user account. However, the links on the default home page include options that
span the range of user account privileges. If you click a link that requires different privileges from
those granted to your account, the following warning message is displayed:
You are attempting to view an unauthorized page. This activity has been logged.
You can either select a different option from the available menus or click
Back
in your browser
window.
•
If no default access role is selected, the Login page reappears, with the following error message:
Unable to authorize access. If you continue to have difficulty accessing this
device, please contact the system administrator.
Note that when you use a RADIUS server using attribute matching as your authentication method, your
first login attempt is rejected while your user account is created. You must log in a second time.
first login attempt is rejected while your user account is created. You must log in a second time.
Logging Out of the Appliance
License:
Any