Managing Passwords

 

You can configure Password panel to display the number of users on the screen and also other user related settings.

 

1.   On the Passwords panel, click the Module Config button.

 

The Configuration for Change Passwords section of the panel will be displayed.

 

 

2.   Enter the maximum number of users to be displayed on the panel, in the text entry box.

 

3.   Specify the type with which the users can be selected on the panel in the User Selection Type field. The available options are List box and Text field. 

 

4.   Specify the sort order for the users in the Sort Users By field. The available options are Order in File and By Username.

 

5.   Specify the command to change the password by selecting the appropriate option.  The available options are Update System Files Directly and text box for entering the command.

 

6.   Click the Save button.

 

The changes made to the Change Passwords module will be updated.

 

 

When you log in to the SoftNAS StorageCenter for the first time, you will use the super-user login credentials such as root and softnas as users and Pass4W0rd (that's zero) as system default password.

 

For security reasons, it is recommended to change these passwords to unique, secure passwords to increase the security of your important data managed by SoftNAS.

 

Changing the password is very easy.  Simply follow the steps given below.

 

1.  On the Passwords, panel, select the user to which you wish to change the password.

 

The Changing Unix User Password section will be displayed.

 

2.  Enter the new password in the New Password text entry box.

 

3.  Confirm the password by re-entering it in the New Password (Again) text entry box.

 

4.  Check this box if you want to force the user to change the password when he logs on to the system next time.

 

5.  Check this box if you wan to enforce the change of password in other modules also.

 

6.  Click the Change button.

 

The password of the selected user will now be changed and he/she can now log on to the system with the new password.

 

 

Note: Do not change the password for the user system.  This is a special, no-login service account used by Webmin and integration for internal authentication between SoftNAS running in Apache and the Webmin service.