Passwords

OS user account

When you first install Security Onion, you create a standard OS user account for yourself. If you need to change your OS user password, you can use the passwd command:

passwd

OS root account

Your default user account should have sudo permissions. Command-line utilities that require administrative access can be prefixed with sudo. For example, the so-status command requires administrative access so you can run it with sudo as follows:

sudo so-status

Security Onion Console (SOC)

Log into Security Onion Console (SOC) using the username and password you created in the Setup wizard.

You can change your password in Security Onion Console (SOC) by clicking the user icon in the upper right corner, clicking Settings, and then going to the Security tab:

If you’ve forgotten your SOC password, you can reset it using the so-user command:

sudo so-user update username@example.com