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Usage Guidelines A system administrator can log in to a WAAS device that is functioning as a Core or Edge WAE through
the console port or the WAE Device Manager GUI. An administrator can log in to the WAAS Central
Manager through the console port or the WAAS Central Manager GUI.
When the system administrator logs in to a WAAS device before authentication and authorization have
been configured, the administrator can access the WAAS device by using the predefined superuser
account (the predefined username is admin and the predefined password is default). When you log in to
a WAAS device using this predefined superuser account, you are granted access to all the WAAS services
and entities in the WAAS system.
After you have initially configured your WAAS devices, we strongly recommend that you immediately
change the password for the predefined superuser account (the predefined username is admin, the
password is default, and the privilege level is superuser, privilege level 15) on each WAAS device.
If the predefined password for this superuser account has not been changed on a WAAS device, the
following message is displayed each time you use this superuser account to log in to the WAAS CLI:
Device is configured with a (well known) default username/password
for ease of initial configuration. This default username/password
should be changed in order to avoid unwanted access to the device.
System Initialization Finished.
waas-cm#
If the predefined password for this superuser account has not been changed on a WAAS Central Manager,
a dialog box is also displayed each time you use this superuser account to log in to the WAAS
Central
Manager GUI.
Note We strongly recommend that you use the WAAS Central Manager GUI instead of the WAAS CLI
to configure passwords and privilege levels for users on your WAAS devices, if possible. For
information about how to use the WAAS Central Manager GUI to centrally configure and
administer users on an single WAE or group of WAEs, which are registered with a WAAS
Central Manager, see the Cisco Wide Area Application Services Configuration Guide.
The username global configuration command allows you to change the password and privilege level for
existing user
accounts. To change the password for the predefined superuser account on a per device
basis, use the password option of the username global configuration command:
waas-cm(config)# username admin password ?
0 Specifies an UNENCRYPTED password will follow
1 Specifies a HIDDEN password will follow
WORD The UNENCRYPTED (cleartext) user password
For example, change the predefined password for the superuser account to mysecret for the WAAS
Central Manager named waas-cm, as follows:
waas-cm# config
waas-cm#(config)# username admin password mysecret
waas-cm#(config)# exit