Westermo RedFox Series User Manual
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Westermo OS Management Guide
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the startup configuration file is identical to the factory default configuration
file.
In addition to these configuration files, it is possible (via CLI) to keep a set of ad-
ditional configuration files on the switch, which enables easy swapping between
alternate configurations.
Warning
Configuring the switch via multiple management interfaces in parallel is dis-
couraged, since it may lead to unexpected behaviour.
For example, consider the case when two users are accessing the switch at
the same time, one user via the CLI and another user via the Web interface:
Assume the ”CLI user” makes changes to the running configuration, but of
some reason do not wish to copy these changes to the startup configuration
(yet).
If the another user, the ”Web user”, applies a single change using the web
management tool, all the changes done to the running configuration (by the
”CLI user”) will be saved to the startup configuration. (Actually clicking the
Apply button, even without changing any values has the same affect.)
7.1.4.1
Account password when loading a configuration file
Configuration files contain information on user account and (hashed) passwords,
e.g., for the ”admin” account. Thus, when loading a configuration file to the
switch (i.e., overwriting the startup-configuration or running-configuration), the
account passwords will also be replaced according to the setting in the new con-
figuration file.
Warning
To copy a new configuration file to the running-config or startup-config while
keeping the existing user names and passwords, the lines in the new config-
uration file containing the ”username” command should be removed before
installing the new configuration file.
If you unintentionally happen to loose the admin password because you copied
a configuration file including an unknown admin password, see
for
information on how to regain access to the switch.
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