70-6676 Getting Started- CoulArray® Data Station V3 - VTP UP

Chapter 29. The Edit System Configuration dialog is discussed in detail in Chapter 3 of theApplications Software Manual. For now, we will be concerned only with the last twoentries in the dialog. These are the recovery challenge question and answer.IMPORTANT! The Recovery Challenge Question and Answer demandserious consideration. If the password to the Administrator utility is lost orforgotten, access to all administrative functions will be lost, and the onlyrecourse to regaining access will be by correctly answering the challengequestion. However, the challenge question is available to any logged onuser (by selecting Administration on the System menu, and then clickingthe Recover Lost sa_user Password button on the logon dialog). Tomaintain strict security, the challenge question must have an answer that isknown ONLY to the system administrator(s)!Enter the recovery challenge question, described above, in the Recover lost sa_userpassword challenge question field. Then carefully enter the recovery challengeanswer in the Recover lost sa_user password challenge answer field. Double-checkthe answer for spelling, since this is the exact answer, including punctuation and case,that must be entered in order to recover from a lost or forgotten password.Click the OK button when finished. The remaining fields can be reviewed at a latertime.IMPORTANT! If the challenge question and answer are ever usedsuccessfully to recover from a lost or forgotten password, the sa_userpassword will be reset back to sa_user. To prevent a potential breach insecurity, remember to redefine the sa_user password, as described in step7 above, immediately after recovery.10. This concludes the basic Administrator configuration. Click the Exit button to exit theCoulArray ® Data Station Administrator utility.11. To confirm that access to the Administrator is now possible only with your newpassword (and not with the sa_user password), start (or restart) the CoulArray ® DataStation software by double-clicking the CoulArray 3.00 icon on the desktop.12. When the CoulArray ® Logon dialog appears, click Cancel.13. From the main menu, select System, and then Administration.14. In the CoulArray ® System Administrator Logon dialog, enter the text sa_user for boththe user name and password (as shown in Figure 2-13 above). Then click OK andconfirm that the message “An invalid user name or password was entered. Please try22 CoulArray ® Data Station 3.00Getting Started Manual