change password for admin user

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verumits
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change password for admin user

Post by verumits » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:38 am

how to change the admin default password (eve) to something else ?
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Re: change password for admin user

Post by Uldis (UD) » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:52 am

Cli or web ?

CLI root password chnge:

sudo passwd root
enter new passwords

For web UI, Main page, tab management/User management
Edit admin user and set new passwords

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verumits
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Re: change password for admin user

Post by verumits » Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:57 am

oops ... I was entering an invalid email add .... sorry to bother you on this silly thing
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Re: change password for admin user

Post by bidemiokus » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:13 pm

I am having a similar issue, forgot my root password, hence can no longer log into my eve-ng, can anyone hear help me out?
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Re: change password for admin user

Post by Uldis (UD) » Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:16 pm

read here
http://www.eve-ng.net/faq

its for web admin password, but for root Ubuntu see in ubuntu site
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