Hi there,
Trying to get the default password for my Serv-U FTP server. Unfortunately, started to set this up a long time ago and dropped the cycle. Coming back to it now and can't get in...any advise?
J
Backup & nuke the settings files. It should default everything. Or, you can try to access it locally through the tray app.
Backing Up or Moving Serv-U Settings
If you changed the admin password after install and want to reset that, then you should be able to make a clean install somewhere else, grab the files for the Admin user from the new install, then copy them over the old install, thus resetting the password to default.
Supposing you've installed the Serv-U default on a Linux server, it'll be installed in "/usr/local/Serv-U". In that folder you'll find the "Users/Admin Domain" folder structure, and here you'll find the "admin.Archive" and "admin.Archive.Backup" files. These files contains the setting for the global user "admin".
To reset, Install Serv-U in another location, then grab the same files (admin.Archive and admin.Archive.Backup) and copy these files from the new install to the old install, and you'll have reset the password on the old install. It's a good idea to make a backup, just in case.
I've made a backup of the original files, just in case I need them for exactly this purpose.
I've also created a secondary admin account by just copying the files, then changing the section in the file with LoginID:
CRhinoFileNameStringAttr
LoginID
1
Val
newadmin
<<- LoginID
It's a good idea to make the LoginID section inside the files and the name of the files match, which would mean having the files named "newadmin.Archive" and "newadmin.Archive.Backup".
Note:
Actually the "*.Archive.Backup" files are generated automatically when changes occur and does not really need to be included. I just do it for completeness sake.
