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Chapter 4 Administering the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Reconfiguring Appliance System Parameters
Note This procedure is typically performed from within the Cisco Secure ACS
Appliance HTML user interface.
To compact the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance use database, follow these steps:
Step 1 Log on to the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance. For more information, see Logging
On to the Appliance via Serial Console, page 4-2.
Step 2 Type dbcompact.
Result: The system displays the following message:
Command will restart CSAuth. Are you sure you want to continue? (Y/N):
Caution Compacting the CiscoSecure user database requires that you stop the CSAuth
service. While CSAuth is stopped, no users are authenticated.
Step 3 Type Y, and then press Enter.
Result: The system displays a series of messages similar to the following:
Stopping service: CSAuth
Done
Initializing database . . .
Loading database from dump.txt . . .
Done
Starting service: CSAuth
Finally, the system returns to displaying the system prompt.
Reconfiguring Appliance System Parameters
This section details basic reconfiguration tasks performed from a serial console
connected the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance. This section contains the following
procedures:
• Resetting the Appliance Administrator Password, page 4-24
• Resetting the Appliance Administrator Name, page 4-25