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title: "Disabling Local Administrator Account"
description: "You cannot modify settings of the local administrator account created during the initial configuration using the Web UI. However, you can perform the following actions using the terminal: Create a new password for the account — to do that, run the..."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Configuring Veeam Backup for Salesforce > Configuring Security Settings > Disabling Local Administrator Account"
dateModified: "2026-10-16"
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# Disabling Local Administrator Account

You cannot modify settings of the local administrator account created during the [initial configuration](after_you_install.md) using the Web UI. However, you can perform the following actions using the terminal:

- Create a new password for the account — to do that, run the `/opt/vbsf/reset_password.sh` command. The minimum length of the password must be 8 characters; the password must contain uppercase Latin letters, lowercase Latin letters and at least one of the following special characters: ! @ # $ % ^ & ` ~ * ( ) _ - = + [ ] { } ; ' : \\ " | , . / < > ?.
- Disable the account — to do that, run the `sudo touch /opt/vbsf/vbsf-backend/config/admin.disabled` command. In this case, users will be able to log in to Veeam Backup for Salesforce using SSO only.
- Re-enable the account — to do that, run the `sudo rm /opt/vbsf/vbsf-backend/config/admin.disabled` command.

::: important

Before you disable the local administrator, you must first configure [single sign-on (SSO) authentication](configuring_user_sso.md) with a Microsoft Azure or Salesforce identity provider and [add new users](adding_users.md) to Veeam Backup for Salesforce. Note that it may take up to 10 minutes for the product to apply the changes.

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