This walkthrough creation of new administrator users and/or change of password.

Scenario

Administrator needs to change an account password for security reasons. Ex.  Employee termination.

Supported Devices

ZyWALL 110
ZyWALL 310
ZyWALL 1100
USG40
USG40W
USG60
USG60W
USG110
USG210
USG310
USG1100
USG1900
USG20-VPN
USG20W-VPN
USG2200-VPN
UAG2100
UAG4100
UAG5100
NXC2500
NXC5500

Create Admin Account

Open a command line interface using SSH/Telnet/Console and type the following commands to create a new administrative user account:

• Login to device.
• Type 'configure terminal' to access the configuration mode.
• To create an administrative account, use the following command format: 'username <username> password <password> user-type admin'.
• Type 'exit' to close the configurator mode.
• Type 'write' to force all setting to be written to the "startup-config.conf" file.
• Type 'exit' to close the SSH/Telnet/Console session.
  

For a list of all user accounts created on the ZLD appliance use command: 'show username'

Changing an existing account password

The process to change/update an administrator account password is the same as creating an account, use command: 'username <existing_user> password <new_pass> user-type admin'