Change authentication

> Warning: If authentication is disabled, your instance will be accessible by anyone from its public IP. If you decide to do so, make sure that your security groups or firewall only allows access from authorized sources.

From the Web UI

It is possible to change the authentication credentials, or disable it altogether, from the instance web UI.

1. Go to the Configuration panel. 2. In the Authentication box, you can change username, password or even disable authentication if needed. 3. Click APPLY to apply.

By Command line

Connect the instance to or , then use the following commands:

Change username

adb shell "setprop persist.webrtcd.username \$(echo -n "new_username" | sha1sum | cut -d \" \" -f1)"

Change password

adb shell "setprop persist.webrtcd.password \$(echo -n "new_password" | sha1sum | cut -d \" \" -f1)"

Disable authentication

adb shell "setprop persist.webrtcd.authent off"

Switch to root

su

With a script

To automate the process, you can use a script like the following one:

setprop
persist.webrtcd.authent
off

Using the User data parameters

See