Changing the password of the Linux root user on the appliance is a simple process. It can be performed at any time without impacting production applications. StrongKey supplies a default password—Abcd1234!—for this user, with instructions to change it immediately. The process to change the password is as follows:

1. Login to the appliance as the Linux root user, either on the console or through a secure shell (SSH) over the network. The SSH port should be open by default.

2. If logged in on the console of the appliance and in GUI mode, open a terminal.

3. Type in the passwd command in the terminal to change the root password.

4. It should prompt for the new password twice.

   The password for the Linux root user is changed. Repeat this process on all other SAKA servers.

An example of changing the root password is shown below:

shell> passwd
Changing password for user root.
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:
passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.