The root password is required to access One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) locally, or remotely via an SSH connection. Note that the password of the root user can be changed from the console menu as well. For details, see Accessing the One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Sessions (SPS) console.

To change the root password of SPS

  1. Navigate to Basic Settings > Management > Change root password.

    Figure 19: Basic Settings > Management > Change root password — Changing the root password of SPS

  2. Enter the new password into the New root password and Confirm password fields.

    NOTE: SPS accepts passwords that are not longer than 150 characters and supports the following characters:

    • Letters A-Z, a-z

    • Numbers 0-9

    • The space character

    • Special characters: !"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<>=?@[]\^-`{}_|

  3. Click .