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Technician’s Handbook
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Making Your System Secure
1. Log on to the maintenance terminal and select 
maintenance mode.
2. Change your username and password if either of these 
warnings appears:
“Expired password in use!”
“Default username and password in use!”
3. If someone with login privileges has left the company, 
change the usernames and passwords at ALL levels.
Change the SYSTEM, INSTALLER, MAINT1, and 
MAINT2 usernames and passwords by using the 
DISPLAY USERNAMES, RESET USERNAMES, 
RESET PASSWORD, and CHANGE PASSWORD 
commands.
Change the SUPERVISOR and ATTENDANT 
passwords by using the RESET PASSWORD 
command.
4. In the System Options Assignment form, set the 
password expiry time (number of days before password 
expires). The default is 60 days.
5. Change all account codes that are known by any user 
who has left the company. Use the Independent Account 
Code Definition form.
6. Record usernames, passwords, and account codes. 
Store them in a secure place.
7. In the Form Access Authorization form, provide access 
to only the required forms for each authorization level.
8. In the System Options Assignment form, set the 
Maintenance Terminal Lock-out Timer.
9. In the Trunk Service Assignment form, assign all trunks 
that require a Class of Restriction (COR) to prohibit 
external calls.










