Setting the system password

Cisco TelePresence MX Series

Administrator guide

Table of contents

Introduction

Web interface

Advanced settings

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You need a username and password to sign in to the web and command line interfaces of your system.

The video conference system is delivered with a default user account with username admin and no password set. This user has full access rights to the system.

Note: We strongly recommend that you set a password for the admin user to restrict access to system configuration.

Make sure to keep a copy of the password in a safe place. You have to contact your Cisco representative if you have forgotten the password.

Changing your system password

Perform the following steps to change the system password.

If a password is currently not set, use a blank Current password; to remove a password, leave the New password fields blank.

1.Sign in to the web interface with your username and current password.

2.Click your username in the upper right corner and select Change password in the drop down menu.

3.Enter the Current password, the New password, and repeat the new password in the appropriate input fields. The password format is a string with 0–64 characters.

4.Click Change password.

Changing another user’s system password

Read more about creating more user accounts in the User management section.

If you have ADMIN rights, you can change all users’ passwords by performing the following steps:

1.Sign in to the web interface with your username and password.

2.Go to the Maintenance tab and select User Administration.

3.Select the appropriate user from the list.

4.Enter a new password and PIN code.

5.Click Save.

Setting the Administrator settings menu password

When starting up the system for the first time the Administrator Settings menu password is not set.

Note: We strongly recommend that you define a password to protect the Administrator Settings menu on the Touch controller, since these settings affect the behavior of the video conference system.

You need to use a command line interface to set the Administrator Settings menu password; you neither can use the Touch controller nor the web interface.

Setting the Administrator Settings menu password

1.Connect to the system through the network or the serial data port, using a command line interface (SSH or Telnet).

2.Type the following command:

xCommand SystemUnit MenuPassword Set Password: <password>

The password format is a string with 0–255 characters.

Setting a root password

You can also protect the file system of your video system by setting a password for the root user. The root user is disabled by default. You have to use the command line interface to enable the root user and set a root password.

Setting a root password

Perform the following steps to activate the root user and set a password for it:

1.Connect to the system through the network or the serial data port, using a command line interface (SSH or Telnet).

2.Sign in to the system with username and password. The user needs ADMIN rights.

3.Type the following command:

systemtools rootsettings on <password>

NOTE: The root password is not the same as the system (admin) password.

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