Changing default passwords for sroot, craft, and rasaccess

Last Updated : Oct 05, 2021 |

About this task

For safety reasons, Avaya technicians must change default passwords for the sroot, craft, and rasaccess users.

The procedure applies to either an AE Services VMWare server or Software-Only offer with the Avaya Services Package (cs-service) installed.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the AE Services server as a root user.
  2. Run the following command: passwd <username>.

    For example, you can run: passwd root.

  3. At the password prompt, enter a new password.
  4. When prompted, re-enter the password.
  5. To change the password for the craft or rasaccess user, repeat steps 2 to 4.