Changing the User/Password of the Partition Image Console

You can change the user/password access to the partition image console (sometimes referred to as Partition Desktop). If the user is not yet added to the Samba server (part of the Linux distribution package), you can add an existing user of the FMP to the Samba server and assign and change the password. When you run the authentication service on the FMP, it identifies the user credentials along with the passwords that are allowed to log in through the partition desktop.

To change the credentials of the user

Log in to the Fabric Management Platform desktop, and open a new terminal session as a root user.
(If you are connecting remotely, use a tool like PuTTY or the remote desktop function of the Fabric Management Platform, and login as root user. The default root user login is root/Administer4Me.)
Use the following command to ensure that the status of the Samba server is “Running”.
```
# rcsmb <status | start>
```
Use “status” to check Samba server status and “start” to start the Samba server if it is not running.
Use the following command to ensure that the status of authentication service of Samba server “winbind” is “Running”.
```
# rcwinbind <status | start | stop | restart>
```
Use “status”, “start”, “stop” and “restart” commands to check the status, start the service, stop the service, and restart the service respectively.
Use the following command to list all the Samba users.
```
# pdbedit –L
```
The following list appears:
```
administrator:1000:Administrator
```
```
operator:1001:operator 
```
where “administrator” and “operator” are the users that are available in the Samba server.
If a user is not listed in step 4, add a user to the Samba server as follows:
1. Use the following command to add a user.
```
useradd user1
```
  Where “user1” is the user added to FMP.
2. Use the following command to assign the password to user:
```
smbpasswd -a user1
```
```
New SMB password: 
```
  appears.
3. Type the new SMB password, and press Enter.
```
Reenter New Password:
```
  appears.
4. Type the password again, and press Enter.
```
Password changed.
```
  appears.
5. Check if the user is added to the Samba server by executing the following command:
```
# pdbedit –L
```
  The command prompt displays the list of all available users:
```
administrator:1000:Administrator
```
```
user1:1005:
```
```
operator:1001:operator
```
  A listing such as
```
user1:1005:
```
  in command prompt confirms that user is added to the Samba server successfully.
If the user is listed in step 4, you can change the password as follows:
1. Use the following command to change the user password:
```
smbpasswd -a user1
```
```
New SMB password:
```
  appears. Where “user1” is the user added to FMP.
2. Type the new SMB password, and press Enter.
```
Reenter New Password:
```
  appears.
3. Type the password again, and press Enter.
```
Password changed.
```
  appears.