PaperCut NG & PaperCut ChargeBack

PaperCut NG has a built in administrator account (called "admin") that is available even if a connection to the domain / directory cannot be established. The default username for this account is admin, and the password is set during the setup wizard when the system was first installed.

To change/reset the password manually (not via the web interface), open the following file in a text editor: [app_dir]/server/server.properties and modify the line admin.password=. If the password has been set by the system it will be prefixed with HASH: - remove this when manually entering a plain text password.

For example, change:

    admin.password=HASH\:316e2407fd6ea316527a9fe08f3edf8a

To something like this:

    admin.password=mypassword

This allows you to set a password in cleartext. Then when you log back into the admin interface go to Options -> Advanced -> Reset admin password to change the password back to the hashed (i.e. encrypted) format.

PaperCut Quota

PaperCut Quota and ChargeBack use domain / directory administrator accounts for authentication. To change your password, use your standard domain / directory tools.

Categories: Troubleshooting, PaperCutNG, PaperCutQuota

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