8288 Nokia Network Voyager for IPSO 4.0 Reference GuideTo change another user’s password1. Log in as a user who has read/write permissions for the Users feature.NoteAdmin users or any user with the User feature assigned to them can change a user’spassword without providing the existing password.2. Click Manage User under Configuration > Security and Access > Users in the tree view.3. In the table for the user whose password you want to change, enter the new password in theNew Password and in the Confirm New Password text boxes.4. Click Apply.5. Click Save to make your changes permanent.Managing User AccountsYou can use Nokia Network Voyager to add users to your IPSO system, and to edit the user ID,group ID, home directory, and default shell for a user. You can also enter a new password for theuser. For information about how to give privileges to users, see “Role-Based Administration” onpage 293.To view a list of all users, choose Configuration > Security and Access > Users in the tree view.You can also view the user name that you used to log in by clicking Home under Configurationin the tree view.The following users are created by default and cannot be deleted. admin—Has full read/write capabilities to all features accessible through Network Voyagerand the CLI. This user has a User ID of 0, and thus has all of the privileges of a root user. monitor—Has read-only capabilities for all features in Network Voyager and the CLI, andcan change its own password. You must establish a password for monitor before the accountcan be used. cadmin—Has full read/write capabilities to all features on every node of the cluster. Thisuser only appears if clustering is configured on your system.When you add a new user, the user is given read-only privileges to the Network Voyager homepage and CLI prompt but they cannot access other Network Voyager pages or executecommands from the CLI prompt.NoteYou can assign administrative privileges or any read/write roles without assigning a user IDof 0. If you assign a user ID of 0 to a user account, the user is equivilent to the Admin userand the roles assigned to that account cannot be modified.
