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• Double-click in the Location column to display the error on the

Management Console.

• Double-click on the Application column to display that application on

the Applications tab.

Add Users or Change Passwords

The admin user is the matrix administrator. Other users can view the

configuration but cannot make changes to it. If you need to add a new

user or 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}