Resetting the Master Username and Password
If the master username or password need to be changed, you can use the supplied command line tools to achieve this.
Reset the master username and password on Windows
- Launch the Acunetix Administrative Password tool from the Start Menu:
- As an alternative, you can run the following program:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Acunetix\core\ChangePassword.exe |
- Enter the new email address, the new password, and confirm the new password, and click the OK button.
Reset the master username and password on Linux
- From a terminal window, run the following command:
sudo /home/acunetix/.acunetix/change_credentials.sh |
- Enter the new email address, the new password, and confirm the new password.
olduser@ubuntu:~$ sudo /home/acunetix/.acunetix/change_credentials.sh Master user found: olduser@example.com Email (leave empty for using olduser@example.com): newuser@example.com Using master user newuser@example.com Password: Password again: olduser@ubuntu:~$ |
Reset the master username and password on MacOS
- From a terminal window, run the following command:
sudo /Applications/Acunetix.app/Contents/MacOS/ChangeMasterPassword |
- Enter the new email address, the new password, and confirm the new password.
olduser@AX-Mac ~ % sudo /Applications/Acunetix.app/Contents/MacOS/ChangeMasterPassword Password: Configure the master user Email: newuser@example.com Password: Password again: Updating - Update credentials - Set password expiry - Invalidate active sessions Update ready olduser@AX-Mac ~ % |