System Settings
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ReadyNAS for Home RAIDiator 4.2
Enable Administrator Password Recovery
If you lose or forget your administrator password, NETGEAR can reset it for you if you
previously enabled administrator password recovery. If you do not enable administrator
password recovery, you must perform an OS reinstall reboot on your ReadyNAS system to
reset the administrator password to the factory default password.
To enable administrator password recovery:
1. Select Security > Admin Password from the main menu.
An administrator password screen displays.
2. Enter a question in the Password Recovery Question field.
Choose a question that very few people can answer. For example, you might enter First
dog’s name? or Best friend in Kindergarten? as your password recovery question.
3. Enter the answer to your question in the Password Recovery Answer field.
4. Enter an email address in the Password Recovery Email Address field.
5. Click the Apply button.
Administrator password recovery is enabled.
Recover Your Administrator Password
You can recover a lost or forgotten administrator password in two ways:
• Using NETGEAR’s password recovery tool. This web-based tool requires that you
enable administrator password recovery on your ReadyNAS storage system before you
can use it. For more information, see Enable Administrator Password Recovery on
page 85.
• Performing an OS reinstall reboot. This process reinstalls the firmware on your system
and resets the administrator user name and password to factory defaults.
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