Time for action – changing the master password
You used the admin account on GeoServer to administer it. Silently acting behind the scenes is another account in GeoServer, called the root account . It is the real super user account and it is present for your safety. If you disable the admin account, you may find yourself locked out of GeoServer. In this case you can use the root account to log in and restore the admin user.
By default the root password is equal to that of admin, but you can change it with the following steps:
Log in as admin or root.
Open the Passwords page.
On the top of the page, click on the link to change the master password:
Insert the current master password, which is the same as the admin password, and then a new one. Click on Change Password:
What just happened?
We changed the master password. If you are in charge of several GeoServer instances and are not the only one performing administrative tasks on them, the master password may help you when in need of a disaster recovery...
