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Changing the default password for Asterisk freePBX
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You need to change the default password for Asterisk freePBX or else the entire world will know it. You can do it by SSH to the server and typing:\nmysqladmin -u asteriskuser -p password newpass\nIt will then prompt you for the old password which should be amp109 then it will be changed.\nOnce it is changed you must update the following files:\n/etc/amportal.conf\n/etc/asterisk/cdr_mysql.conf\n/etc/asterisk/res_mysql.conf