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account name and the corresponding password. The default user accounts
and passwords for each access level are listed in
Table 5 "User Access
Levels" (page 141) .
Note: The default Administrator user password can be changed during
the initial configuration. For the Operator user, the Boot user, and the
Root user however, the default passwords are used even after the initial
configuration. It is therefore recommended that you change the default
NVG passwords soon after the initial configuration, and as regularly as
required under your network security policies. For more information
about how to change a user account password, see
“Changing a Users
Password” (page 88) .
Table 5
User Access Levels
User
Account User
Group Access Level Description Default
Passwo
rd
oper oper The Operator is allowed read access
to some of the menus and information
available in the CLI. oper
admin admin
oper
certadmin The Administrator is allowed both read and
write access to all menus, information and
configuration commands.
The Administrator can add users to all
groups in which the Administrator himself
or herself is a member. The Administrator
can delete a user from any of the three
built-in groups.
admin
certadmin By default, only the Administrator is a
member of the certadmin group.
Certadmin group rights are sufficient for
administrating certificates and keys on the
VPN Gateway. A certificate administrator
user has no access to the SSL Server
menu, and only limited access to the
System menu.
boot The boot user can only perform a
reinstallation of the software, and only
through a console connection. ForgetM
e
root The root user has full access to the
underlying Linux operating system, but
only through a console connection. ForgetM
e
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NN46120-104 02.01 Standard
14 April 2008
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