Use this procedure to change the disaster-recovery user name and password to provide emergency access to the System Admin console.
Use this procedure to configure or change the disaster-recovery user name and password for emergency access scenarios.
After you start NCS 1004, define the root-system user name and password. You can use this user name and password for disaster recovery in System Admin mode. You can change the user name and password if needed.
The disaster-recovery user name and password can be used in these scenarios:
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Access the system when the AAA database is corrupted.
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Access the system through the management port when the System Admin console is not working.
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Use the disaster-recovery user name and password in System Admin to create new users if you forget the regular user name and password.
The AAA database is the default source for authentication in System Admin.
You can have only one disaster-recovery user name and password at any time.
Before you begin
Create a user profile. For details, see Create a user profile.
Procedure
| 1. | Enter the admin command to access the System Admin EXEC mode. Example: |
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| 2. | Enter the config command to access the System Admin config mode. Example: |
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| 3. | Enter the aaa disaster-recovery username username password password command to specify the disaster-recovery user name and password. Example:You must select an existing user as the disaster-recovery user. In the example, 'us1' is the disaster-recovery user and the password is 'pwd1'. You can enter the password as a plain-text string or as an MD5 digest. To use the disaster recovery user name, you must enter it as |
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| 4. | Enter the commit or end command to save the configuration. The commit command saves the configuration changes and remains within the configuration session. The end command prompts you to take one of these actions:
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