Change password

You can change the password of the currently logged-in user with the command passwd. Note that if you use sudo passwd, you run the command with root rights, changing the password of the superuser account (root) and not that of the logged-in user. Do not run passwd with root rights.

When Beckhoff RT Linux^® is delivered, a user (Administrator) is available by default that you can use to login to the console. This user does not have conventional administrator rights as on Windows systems but has the authority to obtain sudo root rights for certain purposes.

Login: Administrator
Password: 1

Proceed as follows:

1. Start the Industrial PC.

2. Log in with the user name Administrator and the password 1.

3. After successful login, the user and the host name of the industrial PC are displayed. For example: CX-1D7BD4.

4. Enter the command passwd to set a new password. Follow the instructions.

You have successfully set a new password.