Putty "Access Denied"

[LCStek]

I am setting up a Nagios XI Standard trial and using the guide and the "additional information link" from http://exchange.nagios.org/components/c ... 1&cf_id=24. I have set the passwords in the places indicated in these documents and I can log in to the web interface as well as the console in VMware. I am trying to follow the steps that reference using Putty over SSH port 22, But, Putty says "access denied" when I try logging in using the nagios admin user. What credentials is it looking for? I am not sure why I cannot connect via Putty. Which credential would I need to reset or use in order to connect?

[slansing]

Putty would allow access to the server itself so you would need to use credentials for that server. By default the root user is set to:

User:

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root

Pass:

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nagiosxi

[LCStek]

OK thanks I had not made the connection that I needed to use Root. How can I change the Root password from the default?

[abrist]

Once logged in as root, try:

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passwd

It will ask you to enter the new pass twice for confirmation. Don't forget it, otherwise we will need to boot from a livecd to reset it!