How to change default passwords
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Article summary

When using the orbit securitycommand, you can change the default password for the mt4weband senhasegurausers.

Info

Only the password for the mt4webuser will be displayed or provided by the administrator.

Usage: orbit security <command>

System security management tools

Arguments:
  <command>    Security action: [password]

Flags:
  --help    Show context-sensitive help.

  --pwgen   Generate a random password for the system's default user account
  --reset-admin Reset admin user

Change the mt4web password to a new value

  1. Use the passwordcommand.
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: and
Done!
No errors reported
Changing password: senhasegura
Done!
No errors reported

Change the mt4web password to a random value

Use the --pwgenargument.

This action will change the password for the system default user account
Changing password: mt4adm
Are you sure you want to proceed: and
Done!
No errors reported

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

Reset the admin account of the web interface

Use the reset-adminargument.

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!

Rename the admin user to mt4web

Important

Before performing the reset, it's essential to rename the user.

To rename the admin account, use the argument rename-admin.
To reset the admin account, use the argument reset-admin.

orbit security reset-admin # resets the password to the vm's default

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