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title: "Changing the password and adding a user - IT Security"
slug: "it-security-hardening-changing-the-password-and-adding-a-user-en"
updated: 2024-07-18T11:46:13Z
published: 2024-07-18T11:46:13Z
canonical: "docs.insys-icom.com/it-security-hardening-changing-the-password-and-adding-a-user-en"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.insys-icom.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Changing the password and adding a user - IT Security

## Change (standard) password

It is prerequisite that you have access to the web interface of the router.

1. Open the user interface of the router: https://insys.icom
2. Click in the ![cog](https://docs.insys-icom.de/assets/icons/cog.png) *Administration* → *User* menu in the line of the respective user on ![pencil](https://docs.insys-icom.de/assets/icons/pencil.png) and enter a new *Password*.
3. Click on **SUBMIT** .
4. Click on **ACTIVATE PROFILE** **![cog white](https://docs.insys-icom.de/assets/icons/cog_white.png)** .

This new password is already valid with the next login of this user.

> [!NOTE]
> Please note!
> 
> A typo during entry or forgetting the credentials stored here causes that the router cannot be accessed any more. Access is then only possible again by resetting the router to default settings. However, all other settings in the router will also be lost with this.

## Add a new user

1. Click on ![plus](https://docs.insys-icom.de/assets/icons/plus.png) in the *Administration* → *User* menu and enter *User name* and *Password* for the new user.
2. Select the *User group* for the new user from the drop-down list.
3. Click on **SUBMIT** .
4. Click on **ACTIVATE PROFILE** **![cog white](https://docs.insys-icom.de/assets/icons/cog_white.png)** .

It is possible to login using the credentials of the new user with the next login.

The following user groups grant the respective user different rights:

- *Read/Write*: Settings can be read and modified
- *Read*: Settings can only be read
- *Status*: Only status information can be viewed

> [!NOTE]
> Please note!
> 
> If write rights are not granted at least one user, the router cannot be configured any more after a new login. Access is then only possible again by resetting the router to default settings. However, all other settings in the router will also be lost with this.

Standard IP address: https://192.168.1.1; login depending on configuration; default for earlier firmware versions: *User name*: **insys**, *Password*: **icom**