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User Guide for Cisco Security Manager 4.4
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Chapter 60 Router Device Administration
Accounts and Credential s Policy Page
b. Enter a password, then enter it again in the Confirm field. The password that you enter must be in
clear text. If you are configuring the enable secret password, the password is encrypted on
deployment.
Step 3 (Optional) Select the Enable Password Encryption Service check box to encrypt all passwords on the
device. This includes, for example, the enable password, username passwords, authentication key
passwords, console and VTY line access passwords, and BGP neighbor passwords.
We recommend using this feature to help prevent unauthorized individuals from viewing the passwords
in your configuration file.
Note This option does not provide a high level of security and should not be used as a substitute for
additional network security measures.
Step 4 To define new user accounts for the router:
a. Click the Add button under the table to display the User Accounts dialog box.
b. Enter the details for the new user. See Table 60-8 on page 60-17 for a description of the available
fields.
c. Click OK to save your definitions locally on the client and close the dialog box. Your definitions are
displayed in the User Accounts table.
Note To edit a user account, select it from the User Accounts table, then click Edit. To remove a
user account, select it, then click Delete.
Accounts and Credential s Policy Page
Use the Accounts and Credentials page to define the enable password or enable secret password assigned
to the router. In addition, you can define a list of usernames that can be used to access the router.
For more information, see Defining Accounts and Credential Policies, page 60-14.
Navigation Path
• (Device view) Select Platform > Device Admin > Accounts and Credentials from the Policy
selector.
• (Policy view) Select Router Platform > Device Admin > Accounts and Credentials from the
Policy Type selector. Right-click Accounts and Credentials to create a policy, or select an existing
policy from the Shared Policy selector.
Related Topics
• User Accounts and Device Credentials on Cisco IOS Routers, page 60-13
• User Account Dialog Box, page 60-17
• Table Columns and Column Heading Features, page 1-46
• Filtering Tables, page 1-45