Topic: Admin and root passwords are not in sync?

[Mika Löf]

Were I confused by the fact that admin and root passwords are by default the same after installation, but not necessarily in sync thereafter? After changning roots password admin could not log in. This indcates they are not. Am I confused or is this a feature?

Mika

[Nathan Fowler]

admin and root passwords are separate.  They are two different and distinct accounts.

[Michiel]

> in sync thereafter? After changning roots password admin
> could not log in. This indcates they are not. Am I confused

If you changed the root password with "passwd root", than they would certainly be out of sync. You should only use the server-manager to change passwords. On a similar note, don't use useradd or groupadd.

[Paul Nesbit]

Mika Löf wrote:
>
> Were I confused by the fact that admin and root passwords are
> by default the same after installation, but not necessarily
> in sync thereafter? After changning roots password admin
> could not log in. This indcates they are not. Am I confused
> or is this a feature?

Use the server-manager's password panel to change the admin password, and you won't run into any problems with admin/root passwords getting out of sync.  (All cli utilities (e.g. passwd) should be avoided, unless you know precisely what you're doing. Particularly if there exists a server-manager panel to do what you want.)

  Paul

[Mika Löf]

Yes, exactly that's what I did. I used the cli which made them unsync. Is this feature documented?

Thanks for the information.

Mika

[Paul Nesbit]

Mika Löf wrote:
>
> Yes, exactly that's what I did. I used the cli which made
> them unsync. Is this feature documented?

Yes, the password change feature is documented in the user documentation at http://edocs.mitel.com/

  Paul