User authentication Local users
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saved, if you then clear the password field for the admin user, this will result in the
device device's configuration being erased and reset to the default configuration.
You can also change the password for the active user by clicking the user name in the menu
bar:
The active user must have full Admin access rights to be able to change the password.
6. Click Apply to savethe configuration and apply the change.
Command line
1. Select the device in Remote Manager and click Actions> Open Console, or log into the IX20
local command line as a user with full Admin access rights.
Depending on your device configuration, you may be presented with an Access selection
menu. Type admin to accessthe Admin CLI.
2. At the command line, type config to enter configuration mode:
> config
(config)>
3. At the config prompt, type:
(config)> auth user username password pwd
Where:
n
username is the name of the user.
n
pwd is the new password for the user. The password must be at least eight characters
long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number,
and one special character.If the primary responder feature is enabled, the password
must be at least 10 characters long and must contain at least one uppercase letter, one
lowercase letter, one number, and one special character.