Setting the administration username and password – SimpleTech SimpleShare User Manual

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Managing SimpleShare

Administration

S

ETTING

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ASSWORD

The Administration Security Setup page allows you to specify a username and password pair to guard against unauthorized

access to SimpleShare's Web-based configuration utility. To enable security, you may choose to specify a username, a

password or both. To disable security, leave the Username and Password text boxes empty.

1

In the Administration menu, click Basic.

2

Enter a new administration username and/or password

for SimpleShare. In Confirm Password, re-enter the

new password to verify that it was entered correctly.

3

Click .

The username and password are case-sensitive.

Administration Security treats the username “ADMIN”

differently from “admin.”
Usernames and passwords should be at least eight

characters long and may contain any combination of

alphanumeric characters (A-Z and 1-9) and special

characters such as &, $, and >. Spaces are not allowed.

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