Changing the Admin User’s Passphrase

Any administrator-level user can change the passphrase for the “admin” user, via the GUI or the CLI.

Note

Cisco recommends you to change the passphrase when you log in to the appliance for the first time or if you reset the configurations to factory defaults.

To change the passphrase via the GUI, do the following:

  • [New Web Interface Only] On the Security Management appliance, click to load the legacy web interface.

  • Choose Management Appliance > System Administration > Users page and select the admin user.

To change the passphrase for the admin user in the CLI, use the passphrase command. The passphrase command requires you to enter the old passphrase for security.

If you forget the passphrase for the “admin” user account, contact your customer support provider to reset the passphrase.

Note
Changes to the passphrase take effect immediately and do not require you to commit the change.