topic Unable to SSH into ACS5.8 in Network Access Control

Unable to SSH into ACS5.8

Cisco Freak — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 06:36:18 GMT

Hi,

I installed a new ACS 5.8. I am not able to SSH to the ACS server, however with the same credentials I can connect via HTTPS.

[username@server ~]$ ssh -l username 10.10.10.10
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Password:
Password:
Password:

I tried moving the identity authentication from local username to AD. Still the me issue persists.

Philip D'Ath — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 20:58:52 GMT

Try the default username of "admin".

Javier Henderson — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:08:21 GMT

The CLI account is not the same as the GUI account.

The default CLI account is "admin" (no default password), for the GUI is "acsadmin".

Javier Henderson

Cisco Systems

Cisco Freak — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:42:47 GMT

What's the password?

[username@server ~]$ ssh -l admin 10.10.10.10
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Password:
Password:
Password:

Philip D'Ath — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:43:42 GMT

I think you configure this when you first install the unit. I think it is one of the prompts.

Cisco Freak — Mon, 21 Mar 2016 21:55:09 GMT

How do I permit CLI access to a user account other than 'admin'?

Because the the guy who installed ACS doesn't remember the password he set.

Aditya Ganjoo — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 04:11:56 GMT

Hi,

If you do not remember the password you need to reset the password as we cannot recover the CLI password.

Please check the following link:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/document/94721/acs-5x-cli-password-recovery-procedure

Regards,

Aditya

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