Certain features of BMC Atrium Discovery need command line access to configure. For example, the appliance obtains its IP address using DHCP by default, though you may configure it at the command line to use a static IP address.

Default Command Line Passwords

BMC Atrium Discovery is configured the following default command line passwords.

• root – tidewayroot
• tideway – tidewayuser

You should log in as root and change these passwords immediately.

To log in, use the VMware Server Console, or ssh in to the appliance using a terminal. Note that you cannot ssh into the appliance as the root user. First you must log in as the tideway user and su to root. When you have logged in, the first thing you should do is change the root and user passwords.

To Change the root and tideway Passwords

1. As the root user, use the passwd command to change the password.
2. Enter a new password when prompted. An example session is shown below:

   # passwd
   Changing password for user root.
   New UNIX password: 
   Retype new UNIX password:
   passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
   # 

   When you enter the new password it is not echoed to the screen.

3. Change the tideway user's password. Still logged in as the root user, change the password using the passwd command specifying the tideway user.
4. Enter a new password when prompted. An example session is shown below:

   # passwd tideway
   Changing password for user tideway.
   New UNIX password: 
   Retype new UNIX password:
   passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
   # 

   The passwords are now changed.

The upload User

The upload is a special account with limited privileges. It is intended for loading scanner files onto the appliance. See Using Scanner Files for a description of scanner files and their use.

When an appliance is built, the upload user has no password. Before you can log in as the upload user, you should log in as the root user and use the passwd command to change the password.

# passwd upload
Changing password for user upload.
New UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
# 

The migrate User

The migrate is a special account with limited privileges. It is intended for uploading (migrating) appliance snapshots onto an appliance. See Using Appliance Snapshot for a description of the appliance snapshot.

When an appliance is built, the migrate user has no password. Before you can log in as the migrate user, you should log in as the root user and use the passwd command to change the password.

# passwd migrate
Changing password for user migrate.
New UNIX password: 
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
# 

Changing the password of a UI user

The tw_passwd utility enables you to change the password of a specified user interface user. To use the utility, type the following command at the $TIDEWAY/bin/ directory:

tw_passwd [options] username

where:

• username is the name of the new user to change.
• options are the common, inherited commands described in [Using Command Line Utilities].

User example

In the following example, type the commands on a single line. Line breaks are provided to make the example easier to read.

Changing a user's password

$TIDEWAY/bin/tw_passwd joe 
joeuser