How to change default passwords

By using the orbit security command, you can change the default password for administrative users, the web interface administrator user (mt4web), and SSH access (mt4adm).

Prerequisites

• Access to the admin console of the senhasegura instance.
• Administrator user privileges.

The orbit security command has built-in help, which can be accessed via the terminal. To consult this help, type orbit security --help. The output of this command will be as shown below.

Usage: orbit security <command>
System security management tools
Commands:
  security password
  security hardening-normalize
  security dbpass
  security reset-admin
Flags:
  -h, --help    Show context-sensitive help.

Manage SSH admin user

You have two tools to manage the passwords of the SSH admin user: password and pwgen.

Change the mt4adm password to a new value

To make this change, use the orbit security password command. The output of this command will be as shown below:

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 mt4adm password to a random value

To make this change, use the orbit security --pwgen command. The output of this command will be as shown below:

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

Manage Web Interface admin user

Similarly, you have two tools that are responsible for managing the administrator user of the senhasegura web interface. Both are used via the command line.

Reset the web interface admin account of the web interface

To make this change, use the orbit security reset-admin command. The output of this command will be as shown below.

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 web interface admin user to mt4web

To rename the administrator account, use the orbit security rename-admin command. The orbit will ask for a confirmation with the message: Are you sure you want to proceed: Type Y or y to proceed.

Do you still have questions? Reach out to the senhasegura Community.