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Melton_Pereira's avatar
Nov 23, 2020

Unable to Reset Password for ReadyNas 3220

Hi All,

 

Can any one help me as I am not able to reset the password in my readyNAS Device under admin account .

 

Whenever I try to reset it showing an error "Failed to set password recovery method Error in setAdminPassword recovery "

 

I am using Firmware 6.10.3

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  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Guru - Experienced User

    You can alternatively do an OS reinstall using the boot menu.  That will reset the password to password.

     

    The OS reinstall has two other side effects - it will

    • reset the network config to the factory default (DHCP, no bonding)
    • disable quota on the volume settings wheel

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