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Cisco TelePresence MX Series
AdministrAtor guide

Settingthesystempassword

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.
Introduction
Table of contents
Web interface
Advanced settings
AppendicesAppendices