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Minho
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Nov 01, 2018
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ReadyNAS Duo v2 - Change the default root password?

Hi everyone.   I recently had problems accessing the web based admin page while still retaining regular access to the NAS. I backed up the data and then proceeded to re-install the OS via the res...
  • StephenB's avatar
    Nov 01, 2018

    Minho wrote:

     

    However, because I already had the EnableRootSSH_1.0-arm.bin add-in installed, the root password is now set to the default ("password") while my admin password has been changed to a strong password.

    That isn't a side effect of SSH being enabled, something else went wrong.

     

    Try resetting the admin password again from the dashboard and reboot the NAS.  If the root password doesn't follow that change, try resetting it via ssh using the passwd command.

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