Changing hsadmin Login and Password

H-Sphere CP accesses Win boxes with the hsadmin user. This document explains how to change its login and password in:

To change hsadmin login and password in H-Sphere version 2.3:

Option A

1. In your browser address line, type:
   
   where:
   [IP_ADDRESS] is the IP of the Winbox
   [NEWLOGIN] is the new login of the hsadmin user
   [NEWPASS] is the new password of the hsadmin user
2. Log in as hsadmin using the old login and password. You will get a page with a zero (0). This means that login and password has been successfully changed.

Option B

Manually make the following changes:

1. In Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Manager -> Local Users and Groups -> Users change user login and password.
2. In the registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Psoft\HSphere\Settings], change keys
   "AdminLogin" =
   "AdminPassword" =
3. In Start -> Administrative tools -> Component service -> Component service -> Computerc -> MyComputer -> COM+ application, right click IIS-{Default Web Site//Root/CFG} or another website that is configured as H-Sphere default, and select Properties. Click the Identity tab and enter new login and new password for the hsadmin user. Alternatively, you can create a new user with this login and password in the Administrators group.

To change hsadmin password in H-Sphere version 2.4:

(instructions on how to change login to be added)

1. On the winbox you are changing H-Sphere CP administrative account for go to Start -> Settings -> Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Manager -> Local Users and Groups -> Users
2. Change the password for H-Sphere CP administrative account.
3. In the registry [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Psoft\HSphere\Settings] change a key:
       "AdminPassword" = X
   where X is the newly changed password.
4. In Start -> Administrative tools -> Component service -> Component service -> Computer -> MyComputer -> COM+ application, right click IIS-{Default Web Site//Root/CFG} or another website that is configured as an H-Sphere's default, and select Properties.
5. Click the Identity tab and enter a new login and the new password.
6. Put the new hash in the following line: "prop name="password" value="new_HASH" description="H-Sphere user password" in the disk:\HSphere.NET\bin\hsphere.config file.
7. Restart H-Sphere services and change the password on your CP for the winbox physical server.