3.1.2 Matrix Server Administration Guide

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Assign or Change Passwords

If you need to assign a new password or to change an existing password

on a particular server, use one of these methods:

Matrix Configuration window. Select File > Configure. You can then

change the admin password on the General Settings tab. If the matrix is

running, you will need to change the password individually on each

server. If you stop Matrix Server on all of the servers, you can change the

password on one server and then export the new configuration (on the

Matrix Wide Configuration tab) to the other servers.

NOTE: You can use the same methods to change the secret network key.

mxpasswd Command. To add a new user and password, use the

following syntax, where user and password are enclosed in curly braces.

You must be user root.

# mxpasswd

mxpasswd> {user} {password}

To change an existing password, use the following syntax. Users can

change their own passwords. If you are root, you can change any user

password without specifying the old password.

$ mxpasswd

mxpasswd> {user} {new_password} {old_password}

Matrix Server Processes and mxinit

When Matrix Server is running on a server, the following Matrix Server

processes should be active:

clusterpulse The ClusterPulse daemon

panpulse The PanPulse daemon

sanpulse The SANPulse daemon

dlm The Distributed Lock Manager daemon

grpcommd The matrix-wide communications daemon

mxlogd The log daemon