Change password

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

When TwinCAT/BSD is delivered, a user (Administrator) is available by default, with which you can log in to the console. This user does not have conventional administrator rights like under Windows systems but has the authority to obtain 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 is displayed. For example: CX-1D7BD4.

4. Enter the command passwd in order to set a new password for TwinCAT/BSD. Follow the instructions.

You have successfully set a new password for TwinCAT/BSD.