Setup guide

Chapter 4 Administering the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance
Reconfiguring Appliance System Parameters
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• Reconfiguring the Appliance IP Address, page 4-26
• Setting the System Time and Date Manually, page 4-28
• Setting the System Time and Date with NTP, page 4-29
• Setting the System Timeout, page 4-31
• Setting the Appliance System Domain, page 4-31
• Setting the Appliance System Hostname, page 4-32
Resetting the Appliance Administrator Password
There is always a single set of Cisco Secure ACS Appliance administrator
credentials consisting of administrator name and password. Unlike other ACS
administrative accounts, this unique administrative account is granted all
privileges, cannot be deleted, and is not listed in the Administrators table of the
Administrative Control page in the Cisco Secure ACS HTML user interface.
You can reset the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance administrator name, the
administrator password, or both. This procedure details how to reset the password
after having logged on with the existing credentials. To reset the administrator
name see Resetting the Appliance Administrator Name, page 4-25.
If you do not have the existing Cisco Secure ACS Appliance administrator login
credentials with which to log on, you must have the recovery CD ROM to reset
these credentials. For information on resetting the administrator login and
password without first logging on, see Recovering from Loss of Administrator
Credentials, page 4-38.
To reset the Cisco Secure ACS Appliance administrator login credentials, 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 At the system prompt, type set password and then press Enter.
Result: The Cisco Secure ACS Appliance displays the following prompt:
Set administrator’s password