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Cisco Intrusion Prevention System Sensor CLI Configuration Guide for IPS 7.2
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Chapter 3 Setting Up the Sensor
Configuring Authentication and User Parameters
To change the password, follow these steps:
Step 1
To change the password for another user or reset the password for a locked account, follow these steps:
a.
Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
b.
Enter configuration mode.
sensor# configure terminal
c.
Change the password for a specific user. This example modifies the password for the user “tester.”
sensor(config)# password tester
Enter New Login Password: ******
Re-enter New Login Password: ******
Step 2
To change your password, follow these steps:
a.
Log in to the CLI.
b.
Enter configuration mode.
sensor# configure terminal
c.
Change your password.
sensor(config)# password
Enter Old Login Password:************
Enter New Login Password: ************
Re-enter New Login Password: ************
For More Information
For the procedures for recovering sensor passwords, see Recovering the Password, page 17-2.
Changing User Privilege Levels
Note
You cannot use the privilege command to give a user service privileges. If you want to give an existing
user service privileges, you must remove that user and then use the username command to create the
service account. There can only be one person with service privileges.
Use the privilege command to change the privilege level—administrator, operator, viewer—for a user.
To change the privilege level for a user, follow these steps:
Step 1
Log in to the CLI using an account with administrator privileges.
Step 2
Verify the current privilege of the user
jsmith
.
sensor# show users all
CLI ID User Privilege
* 13491 cisco administrator
jsmith viewer
operator operator
service service
viewer viewer
sensor#