OK, so I completed the installation and looked good. Unfortunately, I can't login to admin with the password I set and I was able to confirm for sure what the password I entered was because it was still in my SSH window! I reset it successfully using this post: https://www.faqforge.com/linux/controlpanels/ispconfig3/how-to-reset-the-administrator-password-in-ispconfig-3/#:~:text=If you lost your ISPConfig,mysql database, e.g. with phpmyadmin. and I also referenced these posts: https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/solved-cannot-login-to-ispconfig-admin-panel.74861/ https://www.howtoforge.com/community/threads/cant-login-to-ispconfig3.78772/ But my question is: Is it problematic that the password I set in the installer didn't work? THX in ADV. -John here is /var/log/auth.log during the window in question Code: Jun 12 14:42:33 hosting sshd[2622]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=125.124.91.206 user=root Jun 12 14:42:35 hosting sshd[2622]: Failed password for root from 125.124.91.206 port 60308 ssh2 Jun 12 14:42:38 hosting sshd[2628]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=112.85.42.88 user=root Jun 12 14:42:40 hosting sshd[2628]: Failed password for root from 112.85.42.88 port 45145 ssh2 Jun 12 14:42:50 hosting sshd[2628]: message repeated 2 times: [ Failed password for root from 112.85.42.88 port 45145 ssh2] Jun 12 14:42:50 hosting sshd[2628]: Received disconnect from 112.85.42.88 port 45145:11: [preauth] Jun 12 14:42:50 hosting sshd[2628]: Disconnected from authenticating user root 112.85.42.88 port 45145 [preauth] Jun 12 14:42:50 hosting sshd[2628]: PAM 2 more authentication failures; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=112.85.42.88 user=root Jun 12 14:43:01 hosting CRON[2634]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 12 14:43:01 hosting CRON[2635]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 12 14:43:01 hosting CRON[2634]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Jun 12 14:43:01 hosting CRON[2635]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Jun 12 14:43:34 hosting sshd[2667]: Invalid user admin from 146.66.244.246 port 52206 Jun 12 14:43:34 hosting sshd[2667]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 12 14:43:34 hosting sshd[2667]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=146.66.244.246 Jun 12 14:43:37 hosting sshd[2667]: Failed password for invalid user admin from 146.66.244.246 port 52206 ssh2 Jun 12 14:43:43 hosting sshd[2677]: Invalid user 1234 from 129.204.205.231 port 49574 Jun 12 14:43:43 hosting sshd[2677]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 12 14:43:43 hosting sshd[2677]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=129.204.205.231 Jun 12 14:43:45 hosting sshd[2677]: Failed password for invalid user 1234 from 129.204.205.231 port 49574 ssh2 Jun 12 14:43:47 hosting sshd[2679]: Invalid user perfmgr from 202.175.250.218 port 55942 Jun 12 14:43:47 hosting sshd[2679]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 12 14:43:47 hosting sshd[2679]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=202.175.250.218 Jun 12 14:43:47 hosting sshd[2677]: Received disconnect from 129.204.205.231 port 49574:11: Bye Bye [preauth] Jun 12 14:43:47 hosting sshd[2677]: Disconnected from invalid user 1234 129.204.205.231 port 49574 [preauth] Jun 12 14:43:49 hosting sshd[2679]: Failed password for invalid user perfmgr from 202.175.250.218 port 55942 ssh2 Jun 12 14:43:49 hosting sshd[2679]: Received disconnect from 202.175.250.218 port 55942:11: Bye Bye [preauth] Jun 12 14:43:49 hosting sshd[2679]: Disconnected from invalid user perfmgr 202.175.250.218 port 55942 [preauth] Jun 12 14:44:01 hosting CRON[2686]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 12 14:44:01 hosting CRON[2687]: pam_unix(cron:session): session opened for user root by (uid=0) Jun 12 14:44:01 hosting CRON[2686]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Jun 12 14:44:01 hosting CRON[2687]: pam_unix(cron:session): session closed for user root Jun 12 14:44:15 hosting sshd[2708]: Connection closed by 49.233.202.231 port 51408 [preauth] Jun 12 14:44:38 hosting sshd[2711]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=222.186.173.154 user=root Jun 12 14:44:39 hosting sshd[2711]: Failed password for root from 222.186.173.154 port 22274 ssh2 Jun 12 14:44:40 hosting sshd[2713]: pam_unix(sshd:auth): authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=ssh ruser= rhost=179.191.237.172 user=root Jun 12 14:44:42 hosting sshd[2713]: Failed password for root from 179.191.237.172 port 51728 ssh2
