# What is the default password for user ; Asterisk for FreePBX

**URL:** <https://community.asterisk.org/t/what-is-the-default-password-for-user-asterisk-for-freepbx/66374>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [April 13, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/what-is-the-default-password-for-user-asterisk-for-freepbx/66374 "2016-04-13T16:14:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Donkay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@Donkay](https://community.asterisk.org/u/Donkay)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/what-is-the-default-password-for-user-asterisk-for-freepbx/66374/1 "2016-04-13T16:14:47Z")

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I needed to allow the redundant asterisk server to connect to the primary asterisk server so that a schedule can be created on the redundant server using backup/restore module but ran into issues; The asterisk user is requesting a password and I do not recall ever setting up one for it so,

1. Is there a default system set password for user asterisk

2. If I change the password will it affect the functioning of freePBX in any way? I want to be sure that that user is not being used by any function in the application itself to perform any tasks.

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![johnkiniston](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/asterisk/user_avatar/community.asterisk.org/johnkiniston/32/28_2.png) [@johnkiniston](https://community.asterisk.org/u/johnkiniston)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.asterisk.org/t/what-is-the-default-password-for-user-asterisk-for-freepbx/66374/2 "2016-04-13T16:18:31Z")

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This is not a FreePBX support forum, They have a forum located at [http://community.freepbx.org/](http://community.freepbx.org/) that should be able to help you with your request.