Cisco Codec C60 - Setting the Administrator Settings Menu Password

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Cisco TelePresence System Codec C60/C40 and Profiles using C60/C40 Administrator guide
D14636.06 Profile C60-C40 and Codec C60-C40 Administrator Guide TC4.2, July 2011.
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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, since these
settings affect the behavior of the video conference system.
When you set a password for the Administrator settings
menu, all users must enter the password to get access to
this menu, either on screen when using the remote control,
or on the touch screen if you are using a Touch controller.
The menu password can be set from the on-screen menu,
using the remote control or from the command line interface;
you neither can use a Touch controller nor the web interface.
Setting the menu password using the remote control
1. In the on screen menu, go to Home > Settings >
Administrator settings> Set menu password.
The password format is a string with 0–255 characters.
To deactivate the password leave the password input field
empty.
2. Enter the menu password in the input field. The password
you enter is hidden; each character is replaced with a star
(*).
On the remote control, press the # key to toggle between
lower or upper case characters and numbers: abc/
ABC/123.
3. Select Save to save the changes, or Cancel to leave
without saving.
4. Press Home (
) to exit.
Setting the menu password from a command line interface
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.
To deactivate the password leave the password field
empty.
Setting a root password
If you sign in to the command line interface as root, you can
access the system/codec’s file system.
The root user is disabled by default.
Perform the following steps to activate the root user and set
a password:
1. Connect to the system/codec through the network or the
serial data port, using a command line interface (SSH or
Telnet).
2. Sign in to the system/codec with the username (admin)
and password. You need ADMIN rights.
3. Run the following API command:
systemtools rootsettings on <password>
NOTE: The root password is not the same as the
administrator password.