# Password root of asteriskNOW? **URL:** \ **Category:** Asterisk Support\ **Created:** [November 24, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692 "2006-11-24T14:53:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![acguillermo11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@acguillermo11](https://community.asterisk.org/u/acguillermo11)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/1 "2006-11-24T14:53:49Z")
hello I am use asteriskNOW What is the password root? ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/2 "2006-11-24T15:03:31Z")
isn’t it the one you specified during installation ??? ---
**Author:** ![acguillermo11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@acguillermo11](https://community.asterisk.org/u/acguillermo11)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/3 "2006-11-24T15:07:48Z")
The specified during installation is the admin But not the root. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/4 "2006-11-24T15:20:42Z")
in that case, can you access the box as admin and su to root ? ---
**Author:** ![acguillermo11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@acguillermo11](https://community.asterisk.org/u/acguillermo11)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/5 "2006-11-24T15:34:02Z")
I do not understand Yes when the instalation is the admin, but not the root But I can not, the install the new program. Estando en Internet For example, netconfig, ifconfig, yum and other commands not found… ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 3:47pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/6 "2006-11-24T15:47:53Z")
i’ve not yet looked at AsteriskNOW (sorry Digium, it doesn’t look right/scan/feel !), but i have to ask … have you read the documentation on the CD front-to-back, top-to-bottom etc etc ? next, maybe you should get onto the freenode irc network and join #asterisk-now … perhaps they can help ? i hope you’re not expecting the distro to be more than a bare-bones Asterisk install. the chances are that some of the packages you’re expecting aren’t there. ---
**Author:** ![emphyrio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@emphyrio](https://community.asterisk.org/u/emphyrio)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/7 "2006-11-24T23:19:11Z")
… ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![gigabtifx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aca169/32.png) [@gigabtifx](https://community.asterisk.org/u/gigabtifx)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/8 "2006-11-27T22:19:23Z")
reboot to the cd use “linux rescue” when prompted for boot options chroot /mnt/sysimage passwd reboot and have access to the system. ---
**Author:** ![danardf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@danardf](https://community.asterisk.org/u/danardf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/9 "2006-11-28T12:38:25Z")
good Morning Yes I avec exactly the same problem! Login root Access denied! ☹ And i don’t access to asterisk manager (GUI) no account no password. So, what’s the passwords and accounts for asterisknow? Otherwise whe don’t trying it.!!! 😢 And… I trying to make the rescue procedure: niet!!! with me, the procedure re-install asterisknow. I use it on VMWare. ---
**Author:** ![mcfaddenjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@mcfaddenjc](https://community.asterisk.org/u/mcfaddenjc)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/10 "2006-11-28T13:15:55Z")
Just a thought, but have either of you tried logging in as “admin” with the password that you specified? And then once you are in, have you tried testing to see if “admin” is a sudoer? You can test by logging in as admin and then typing “sudo su”. When it prompts for the password, try using the “admin” password. If that does not work, then you would probably be better served in a forum dedicated to AsteriskNOW as baconbuttie has suggested. ---
**Author:** ![danardf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@danardf](https://community.asterisk.org/u/danardf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/11 "2006-11-28T14:11:00Z")
> [@mcfaddenjc](#): > > Just a thought, but have either of you tried logging in as “admin” with the password that you specified? Yes, i trying admin, root, wwwadmin, maint, always access denied. 😢 > [@mcfaddenjc](#): > > And then once you are in, have you tried testing to see if “admin” is a sudoer? No, i can’t do. > [@mcfaddenjc](#): > > You can test by logging in as admin and then typing “sudo su”. When it prompts for the password, try using the “admin” password. If that does not work, then you would probably be better served in a forum dedicated to AsteriskNOW as baconbuttie has suggested. Yes, i already to try this forum and only one answer, but no good solution for the moment! They are surprised that one cannot this connecting root and manage GUI. 😆 ha… asterisknow, isn’t for now ! 😒 ---
**Author:** ![bubbapcguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@bubbapcguy](https://community.asterisk.org/u/bubbapcguy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/12 "2006-11-28T14:30:33Z")
Yes you can use sudo su to gain “root” access You will be able to edit the config files and you can connect to a Service provider…big deal…that is whta we have been doing… the GUI is not “working”… ---
**Author:** ![danardf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@danardf](https://community.asterisk.org/u/danardf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/13 "2006-11-28T14:47:53Z")
heee… yes, but for using sudo, i must be already login and i don’t have any account!!! so what account i must use? ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/14 "2006-11-28T15:18:27Z")
do you think we could get the devs of the GUI or the build to come here and answer some of these questions ? at the moment my Asterisk dev machine is a Mac G3 and the distro sure isn’t going to work on that. might be time to try it in a VM (as the screenshots appear to have done) ---
**Author:** ![danardf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@danardf](https://community.asterisk.org/u/danardf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:03pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/15 "2006-11-28T16:03:06Z")
Simply i try to … That’s all You must anderstand so if i don’t any account and password for trying atersik like beta, that can i do with it? Nothing. So i asked simply if somebody can help me. I am disappointed ---
**Author:** ![baconbuttie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/baconbuttie/32/916_2.png) [@baconbuttie](https://community.asterisk.org/u/baconbuttie)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/16 "2006-11-28T16:11:46Z")
i think the idea is that you configure the entire box from the GUI, removing the requirement to have a root-level user. if that’s the theory it’s (imo) flawed, but a practice worth exploring. doesn’t Ubuntu do something similar ? ---
**Author:** ![danardf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@danardf](https://community.asterisk.org/u/danardf)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/17 "2006-11-28T16:25:48Z")
Yes, it’s same. I trying to make a complet installation (Os, Astersik, GUI …etc). and see, and try else, thak’s for your help. Bye ---
**Author:** ![diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@diver](https://community.asterisk.org/u/diver)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/18 "2006-12-01T14:37:41Z")
You set the password for the gui on your first login. specify admin for user and type in whatever password you want to use. Then click the system configuration link (top right) to change the password for the root. Note that the login for the system configuration for Rpath is admin with a password of password (the screen notes this.) Once you have logged in you can change the password for either admin or root. As you have already specified the password for admin now is the time to specify the password for root. I didn’t try but you might even try password as the password for root before you go to the system configuration. Hope this helps. diver ---
**Author:** ![geovais](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@geovais](https://community.asterisk.org/u/geovais)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/password-root-of-asterisknow/10692/19 "2006-12-01T17:10:28Z")
Use Putty to access your server Login with username: admin and password: (the password you gave during the installation) Now type the command: sudo nano /etc/asterisk/manager.conf find the section [admin] and look for "secret=" The next word is the password for the GUI and should be the same as the password during the installation. If the password contains any of the characters "!@#$%^&\* etc the system won’t let you log in. So change it to something simple like "test" Press CTRL+X and Y to save the file. Now you can login to the GUI using username: admin and password:test George