DanielPT Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Hi all I want to change my root password to something stronger. Amy good advice before? Something to consider? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Frank1940 Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 (edited) Good idea. What type of problem are you worried about and what type of security risk is your server facing? Be sure to install the Fix Common Problems plugin. There is a setting there for "Number of allowed invalid logins per day:". Be sure to set that up. Next be sure to secure any backups of your flash drive as the password is stored. If that file is acquired by the 'bad guy', cracking your password is only a matter of time. (If you have a long password word using letters, numbers, symbols and Caps, this could be centuries. Basically, 'he' would run the password generating algorithm, testing random passwords looking for the combination that generates the hash found in the password file..) See here: https://www.hivesystems.io/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green Edited December 6, 2022 by Frank1940 Quote Link to comment
DanielPT Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 1 minute ago, Frank1940 said: Good idea. What type of problem are you worried about and what type of security risk is your server facing? Be sure to install the Fix Common Problems plugin. There is a setting on to for "Number of allowed invalid logins per day:". Be sure to set that up. Next be sure to secure any backups of your flash drive as the password is stored. If that file is acquired by the 'bad guy', cracking your password is only a matter of time. (If you have a long password word using letters, numbers, symbols and Caps, this could be centuries. Basically, 'he' would run the password generating algorithm, testing random passwords looking for the combination that generates the hash found in the password file..) See here: https://www.hivesystems.io/blog/are-your-passwords-in-the-green Thanks for the good reply. I have used a pretty strong password but also used outher places. It is not exposed to the internet. I haver the fix common problems - But i have not seen the setting you shared here so thansk! Okay thanks! Quote Link to comment
DanielPT Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 Okay my password would take 202k years Quote Link to comment
DanielPT Posted January 6, 2023 Author Share Posted January 6, 2023 Just to be sure. What is the best way to change my root password? Thanks! Quote Link to comment
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