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Chapter 3 Creating and Managing User Accounts
Modifying the Administrator Account Passwords
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Modifying the Administrator Account Passwords
This section describes how to reset the administrator account password from the
GSS CLI. It also discusses how to restore the default administration password to
log in to the primary GSSM.
This section includes the following procedures:
• Resetting the Administrator’s CLI Account Password
• Changing the Administrator’s CLI Password
• Restoring or Changing the Administrator’s GUI Password
Resetting the Administrator’s CLI Account Password
If you accidentally forget the password for the GSS administrator account, you
can reset it from the GSS CLI. You must have physical access to the GSS device
to perform this procedure.
To reset the administrator CLI account password:
1. Attach an ASCII terminal to the Console port on the GSS device. Refer to the
Cisco Global Site Selector Hardware Installation Guide for instructions on
connecting a console cable to your Cisco Global Site Selector series
hardware.
2. If the GSS device is currently up and running, cycle power to it to perform a
restart of the GSS. As the GSS reboots, output appears on the console
terminal.
3. After the BIOS boots and the LILO boot: prompt appears, enter ? (a question
mark) to determine which software version the GSS device is running and to
enter boot mode.
LILO boot: ?
GSS-<software_version>
boot:
At the LILO boot: prompt, press Tab or ? to view a listing of the available
GSS software images.