NETGEAR Business Edition manual Updating the Admin Password

ReadyNAS Pro Business Edition User Guide

Updating the Admin Password

The Security tab allows you to set the administrator password, administer security, and set up the password recovery feature on the ReadyNAS.

Note: The RAIDar utility includes a discovery mechanism that enables it to find any ReadyNAS on the network without needing to know its IP address. Also, RAIDar

does not require a user name and password to monitor a ReadyNAS.

The Admin Password tab allows you to change the administrator user password. The administrator user is the only user that can access FrontView, and this user has administrative privileges when accessing shares. Be sure to set a password different from the default password, and make sure that this password is kept in a safe place. Anyone who obtains this password can change or erase the data on the ReadyNAS.

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Note: In User or Domain security mode, you can use the admin account to log in to a Windows share, and perform maintenance on any file or folder in that share. The

admin user also has permission to access all shares to perform backups.

As a safeguard, you are requested to enter a password recovery question, the expected answer, and an e-mail address. If, in the future, you forget the password, you can go to https://<ReadyNAS ip_address>/password_recovery. Successfully answering the questions there resets the Admin Password, which is sent to the e-mail address you enter on this screen.

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