How to change the default password
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To change the password of the default users mt4adm and senhasegura, run the command orbit security. However, keep in mind that only the password of mt4adm will be displayed or indicated by the administrator.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit security --help
Usage: orbit security <command>

System security management tools

Arguments:
  <command>    Security action: [password]

Flags:
  --help    Show context-sensitive help.

  --pwgen   Genarate a ramdom password for the system's default user account

To change the password of mt4adm manually, run the password command with no arguments.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit security password
This action will change the password for the system default user account
Changing password: mt4adm
New password: *********
Retype new password: *********
Are you sure you want to proceed: y
Done!
No errors reported
Changing password: senhasegura
Done!
No errors reported

To replace the current password with a random password generated automatically, add the argumente –pwgen. 

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit security password --pwgen
This action will change the password for the system default user account
Changing password: mt4adm
Are you sure you want to proceed: y
Done!
No errors reported

The random generated password was: a*Y9z75#
Changing password: senhasegura
Done!
No errors reported

The reset-admin argument resets the admin account.

mt4adm@vmdf-giskard:~$ sudo orbit security reset-admin
This action will change the application admin user password to the initial value. Are you sure you want to proceed? 
Change Admin Passwords
Admin User Password Reset Successfully!

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