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Aug 11, 2015Aspirant
ReadyNAS 2100 OS reinstall - does shared permissions reset too?
So i inherited someones job from someone who went rogue and apparently he ended up changing the admin password on our ReadyNAS 2100. They have a permissions group setup where only leads have admin r...
- Aug 11, 2015
OS reinstall will
(a) set the network connection to use DHCP
(b) set the admin password back to the default ("netgear1" for a NAS running 4.x.x firmware)
It will not change permissions, or otherwise affect your data.
We normally recommend a backup first, just in case. But it is a pretty safe procedure.
StephenB
Aug 11, 2015Guru - Experienced User
OS reinstall will
(a) set the network connection to use DHCP
(b) set the admin password back to the default ("netgear1" for a NAS running 4.x.x firmware)
It will not change permissions, or otherwise affect your data.
We normally recommend a backup first, just in case. But it is a pretty safe procedure.
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Aug 12, 2015Aspirant
Thanks for the quick response StephenB. Apparently, i found out that they enabled the ROOT SSH. Also, I was suprised the root password was set to the default password. I'm not quite sure why it did not match the Frontview admin access.
- mdgm-ntgrAug 13, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
They are separate accounts.
You can change the root password by logging into SSH as the root user and entering the# passwd
command.
On OS6 when the admin password is changed the root password is changed as well.
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