
Chapter 12      Administrators and Administrative Policy
Administrator Accounts
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Note You cannot change the name of an administrator account; however, you can delete 
an administrator account and then create an account with the new name. For 
information about deleting an administrator account, see Deleting an 
Administrator Account, page 12-11. For information about creating an 
administrator account, see Adding an Administrator Account, page 12-6.
For information about administrator privilege options, see Administrator 
Privileges, page 12-3.
Before You Begin
For descriptions of the options available while editing an administrator account, 
see Administrator Privileges, page 12-3.
To edit Cisco Secure ACS administrator account privileges, follow these steps:
Step 1 In the navigation bar, click Administration Control.
Cisco Secure ACS displays the Administration Control page.
Step 2 Click the name of the administrator account whose privileges you want to edit.
The Edit Administrator name page appears, where name is the name of the 
administrator account you just selected.
Step 3 To change the administrator password, follow these steps:
a. In the Password box, double-click the asterisks, and then type the new 
password (up to 32 characters) for the administrator.
The new password replaces the existing, masked password.
b. In the Confirm Password box, double-click the asterisks, and then type the 
new administrator password a second time.
The new password is effective immediately after you click Submit in Step 9.
Step 4 If the Reset current failed attempts count check box appears below the Confirm 
Password box and you want to allow the administrator whose account you are 
editing to access the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface, select the Reset current 
failed attempts count check box.