ASA 5510 - changing password of admin account

[leos.pohl]

A very simple tasks: How do I change password for the admin user and enable password on Cisco ASA 5510, this shows it should be straightforward by using passwd and enable passwd but it simply does not work. What I do:

1. Login as admin over ssh with old password
2. enable with old password
3. conf t
4. enable passwd new_pass
5. passwd new_pass
6. exit
7. when I reconnect I have to use old password.

sh run aaa
aaa authentication enable console LOCAL 
aaa authentication http console LOCAL 
aaa authentication serial console LOCAL 
aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL 
aaa authentication telnet console LOCAL 

sh ver
Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software Version 8.2(5)59 
Device Manager Version 7.1(6)

So, how to change the password on ASA 5510 for user admin, for enable and for any logged in user?

Thank you.

[Rob Ingram · Accepted solution]

Hi,
To change the admin user's password, use the command:-
username admin password <securepassword> priv 15

To change the enable password:-
enable password <securepassword>

You can do this over ssh, open another ssh session and confirms it works.

HTH