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How can I change the default password of geoserver admin from geoserver to something else?

I have tried two different things, but none worked. First thing I tried following the online documentation is to go to the data_dir at:

 /usr/local/lib/geoserver-2.5/data_dir/security

and I could only find 

  <user enabled="true" name="admin" password="digest1:XXXX...">

in usergroup/default/users.xml. But I can't edit a digest.

The second thing I tried is to change the password from the web admin interface in the "Passwords" menu on the left panel. Although I can change the password, but it seems to be changing something called the master password. The password for admin remains the same.

I am using geoserver2.5 from osgeolive8.

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You can change the password via the web interface by going to the Users,Groups, and Roles link:

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Once there, go to the Users/Groups tab and select the user which you want to edit

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You can then change the passwords or any other details you need to change.

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R.K.
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    I've tried to change it using the password tab and it was not working, this is still the right way in 2.19, thanks – Cedric May 24 '21 at 13:04
  • yes it is still the correct way to do it https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/security/webadmin/ugr.html#security-webadmin-ugr – Ian Turton May 24 '21 at 16:17
  • Still correct as of 2.23.2. @IanTurton may I suggest the 'Getting started' pages need updating as they are currently unclear. See: https://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/user/gettingstarted/web-admin-quickstart/index.html#logging-in After Step 2, the guide should direct the user to change the admin password in the 'Users, Groups, Roles' page. Instead, the obvious (but incorrect) choice would be to go to the 'Passwords' page, which has a 'Change password' link (which doesn't seem to actually change the 'admin' password). – Theo F Aug 16 '23 at 16:14
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    Please click on https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/tree/main/doc/en/user/source/gettingstarted/web-admin-quickstart/index.rst and edit yourself - all the geoserver documentation is editable so people can keep it upto date – Ian Turton Aug 16 '23 at 16:17
  • @IanTurton thanks, will look into that. – Theo F Aug 31 '23 at 12:35