Dell PowerConnect Brocade 300 Fabric OS Administrator's Guide v7.1.0 - Page 61

Password modification 2 Notes: • SSH login CLI logs are not recorded in the command line history. • The CLI command log will be collected as part of any "supportsave" operation. The command long record of such an operation will be the equivalent of running "cliHistory --showall". • For CLI commands that require a password (Examples: firmwaredownload, configupload/download, supportsave, and so on), only the command (no arguments) is stored (see below for an illustration). sw0:FID128:root> firmwaredownload -s -p scp 10.70.4.109,fvt,/dist,pray4green Server IP: 10.70.4.109, Protocol IPv4 Checking system settings for firmwaredownload... Failed to access scp://fvt:**********@10.70.4.109//dist/release.plist sw0:FID128:root> clihistory Date & Time Wed May 23 03:39:37 2012 Message root, console, firmwaredownload Password modification The switch automatically prompts you to change the default account passwords after logging in for the first time. If you do not change the passwords, the switch prompts you after each subsequent login until all the default passwords have been changed. NOTE The default account passwords can be changed from their original values only when prompted immediately following the login; the passwords cannot be changed using the passwd command later in the session. If you skip the prompt, and then later decide to change the passwords, log out and then back in. The default accounts on the switch are admin, user, root, and factory. Use the "admin" account to log in to the switch for the first time and to perform the basic configuration tasks. The password for all of these accounts is "password". There is only one set of default accounts for the entire chassis. The root and factory default accounts are reserved for development and manufacturing. The user account is primarily used for system monitoring. For more information on default accounts, refer to "Default accounts" on page 138. Default account passwords The change default account passwords prompt is a string that begins with the message "Please change your passwords now". User-defined passwords can have from 8 through 40 characters. They must begin with an alphabetic character and can include numeric characters, the period (.), and the underscore ( _ ). They are case-sensitive, and they are not displayed when you enter them on the command line. Record the passwords exactly as entered and store them in a secure place because recovering passwords requires significant effort and fabric downtime. Although the root and factory accounts are not meant for general use, change their passwords if prompted to do so and save the passwords in case they are needed for recovery purposes. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 61 53-1002745-02