Administrator Configuration

The factory default admin name and password for security devices are both netscreen. Because these have been widely published, we recommend that you change the admin name and password when you first start up and configure your security device.

To Create an Administrator

  1. Enter the login name for the admin user in the Administrator Name field.

  1. Enter the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields.

Note: Passwords must be 1 to 31 characters in length.

  1. Enter the name of the access schedule that you want to link with the admin user in the Schedule field.

  2. Select the type of privileges you want to assign the admin user.

Read-Write: Enables the admin user to configure and monitor the device.

Read-Only: Enables the admin user to monitor the device and perform only basic troubleshooting such as pinging.

  1. Select the type of role attribute you want to assign the admin user.

  2. SSH Password Authentication: When you uncheck this option for an admin user and SSH is enabled, the admin user can only manage the device using the PKA method. This option applies to both SSHv1 and SSHv2.

Note: The SSH password authentication feature applies only to management sessions initiated from SSH clients and does not affect management sessions originating from the serial console, Telnet, or Web.

  1. Click OK to save your configuration.

To Modify the Username and Password of an Existing Administrator

  1. Enter the new login name for the admin user in the Name field.

At this point, you can use the new username with the old password. If you want to change the password, proceed to step 2.

  1. Enter the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields.

Note: Passwords must be 1 to 31 characters in length.

  1. Click OK to save your changes.

From now on, use the new admin name and password.

Note: Any change to the device configuration is logged with the name of the admin who made the change, the IP address from which it was made, and the time at which it was made (see the Event Log under Reports).

 

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