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Usingpasswords

ByusingtheSetupUtilityprogram,youcansetapasswordtopreventunauthorizedaccesstoyourserver.

Youdonothavetosetapasswordtouseyourserver.However,usingapasswordimprovescomputing

security.Ifyoudecidetosetapassword,readthefollowingtopics.

SetupUtilityprogrampasswordtype

ThefollowingtypesofpasswordsareavailableintheSetupUtilityprogram:

•Administratorpassword

Settinganadministratorpassworddetersunauthorizedusersfromchangingcongurationsettings.Ifyou

areresponsibleformaintainingthecongurationsettingsofseveralcomputers,youmightwanttoset

anadministratorpassword.Whenanadministratorpasswordisset,youarepromptedtotypeavalid

passwordeachtimeyoutrytoaccesstheSetupUtilityprogram.TheSetupUtilityprogramcannot

beaccesseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

•Userpassword(onlyavailablewhenyouhavesetanadministratorpassword)

Whenauserpasswordisset,theservercannotbeuseduntilavalidpasswordistypedin.

Note:Ifboththeadministratorpasswordanduserpasswordareset,youcantypeeitherpassword.

However,youmustuseyouradministratorpasswordtochangeanycongurationsettings.

Passwordconsiderations

Forsecurityreasons,itisrecommendedtouseastrongpasswordthatcannotbeeasilycompromised.

Notes:

1.TheSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsarenotcasesensitive.

2.TheserversupportsSetupUtilityprogrampasswordsthatconsistofupto20characters.

Tosetastrongpassword,usethefollowingguidelines:

•Haveatleasteightcharactersinlength

•Containatleastonealphabeticcharacterandonenumericcharacter

•Notbeyournameoryourusername

•Notbeacommonwordoracommonname

•Besignicantlydifferentfromyourpreviouspasswords

Besidesthealphabeticcharacters(a-z)andnumericcharacters(0-9),theserveralsosupportscharacters

typedusingspecialkeysonthekeyboardforapassword.Refertothehelpmessageonthescreenwhen

settingapasswordtodeterminethevalidspecialcharacters.

Setting,changing,ordeletingapassword

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram.

Toset,change,ordeleteapasswordintheSetupUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:

1.StarttheSetupUtilityprogram.See“StartingtheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage55.

2.OntheSecuritymenu,selectSetAdministratorPasswordtosetanadministratorpasswordorselect

SetUserPasswordtosetauserpassword.

Note:TheSetUserPasswordoptionisonlyavailablewhenyouhavealreadysetanadministrator

password.

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