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Users can reset their passwords at <b>www.yourserver.net/user-password</b>
 
Users can reset their passwords at <b>www.yourserver.net/user-password</b>
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For windows clients, If the server is the domain PDC the user can reset his password after issuing a Ctrl+Alt+Del, Note that windows error messages may not explain clearly enough that the user password  isn't sufficiently complex.
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For windows clients, If the server is the domain PDC the user can reset his password after issuing a Ctrl+Alt+Del, Note that windows error messages may not explain clearly enough that the user password  isn't [[SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter9#Changing_User_Passwords|sufficiently complex]].
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====Admin/root passwords====
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Unlike user passwords, the admin/root passwords can not be set via <b>www.yourserver.net/user-password</b>, nor can they be set on a windows client via Ctrl+Alt+Del. Admin/root passwords must be set via the server manager or via the console commands ''passwd'', either on the console directly or via SSH.
    
===VPN Access===
 
===VPN Access===
To configure VPN access the administrator must  
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{{warning box|PPTP is UNSAFE and has been DEPRECATED. This section is in the process of being rewritten. Use VPN (qv) instead of PPTP}}
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<!--To configure VPN access the administrator must  
 
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter11#PPTP_.28VPN.29 | configure PPTP.]]
 
[[:SME_Server:Documentation:Administration_Manual:Chapter11#PPTP_.28VPN.29 | configure PPTP.]]
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* When you then open up your Network Neighborhood window, you should see your server workgroup listed there. Alternatively, map a drive as required like:
 
* When you then open up your Network Neighborhood window, you should see your server workgroup listed there. Alternatively, map a drive as required like:
  net use M: \\192.168.1.1\ibayname
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  net use M: \\192.168.1.1\ibayname -->
    
{{Note box|When setting up VPN make sure your subnet is not the same as your VPN, for example your location "home" has a subnet of 192.168.1.0 and your "office" is 192.168.1.0 will not allow you to VPN, you will either need to change your "home" subnet to be different or set up your server to be a unique subnet.}}
 
{{Note box|When setting up VPN make sure your subnet is not the same as your VPN, for example your location "home" has a subnet of 192.168.1.0 and your "office" is 192.168.1.0 will not allow you to VPN, you will either need to change your "home" subnet to be different or set up your server to be a unique subnet.}}

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