Dell iDRAC8 Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message

NOTE: Continue is enabled only if the passwords entered in the New Password and Confirm
Password fields match.
For information about the other fields, see the iDRAC Online Help.
Changing Default Login Password Using RACADM
To change the password, run the following RACADM command:
racadm set iDRAC.Users.<index>.Password <Password>
where, <index> is a value from 1 to 16 (indicates the user account) and <password> is the new user—
defined password.
For more information, see the iDRAC8 RACADM Command Line Interface Reference Guide.
Changing Default Login Password Using iDRAC Settings Utility
To change the default login password using iDRAC Settings Utility:
1. In the iDRAC Settings utility, go to User Configuration.
The iDRAC Settings.User Configuration page is displayed.
2. In the Change Password field, enter the new password.
3. Click Back, click Finish, and then click Yes.
The details are saved.
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message
You can enable or disable the display of the default password warning message. To do this, you must
have Configure Users privilege.
Enabling or Disabling Default Password Warning Message Using Web
Interface
To enable or disable the display of the default password warning message after logging in to iDRAC:
1. Go to Overview → iDRAC Settings → User Authentication → Local Users .
The Users page is displayed.
2. In the Default Password Warning section, select Enable, and then click Apply to enable the display
of the Default Password Warning page when you log in to iDRAC. Else, select Disable.
Alternatively, if this feature is enabled and you do not want to display the warning message for
subsequent log-ins, on the Default Password Warning page, select the Do not show this warning
again option, and then click Apply.
Enabling or Disabling Warning Message to Change Default Login Password
Using RACADM
To enable the display of the warning message to change the default login password using RACADM, use
idrac.tuning.DefaultCredentialWarning object. For more information, see the iDRAC8 RACADM
Command Line Interface Reference Guide available at dell.com/support/manuals.
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