{"id":33015,"date":"2019-08-06T20:56:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T16:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=33015"},"modified":"2023-12-06T16:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:09:03","slug":"master-password-imporvement-backup-6-1-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/master-password-imporvement-backup-6-1-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Master Password Feature Improvement in MSP360 Backup 6.1.1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSP360\u00a0Backup 6.1.1 is equipped with the improved master password feature.<\/p>\n<p>With a master password feature enabled, all storage credentials, backup and restore plan configurations, settings are encrypted and secured with a signature. Any unauthorized actions will require to provide the master password.<\/p>\n<p>The feature provides the following improvements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Command Line Interface is now can be protected with a master password<\/li>\n<li>Unauthorized copying of configuration files is protected with PStore (Protected storage)<\/li>\n<li>Manual setting changes will require to provide the master password<\/li>\n<li>Password reset feature is introduced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To Configure Master Password Settings<br \/>\n1. In the application menu, select <strong>Options<\/strong>.<br \/>\n2. Switch to the <strong>General<\/strong> tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33008 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/masterpassword.png\" alt=\"Master password tab in the Options dialog box\" width=\"410\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/masterpassword.png 410w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/masterpassword-209x300.png 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. To specify the master password for accessing the application on each run, select the <strong>Protect console with master password<\/strong>\u00a0check box.<br \/>\n4. Specify the password in the <strong>Master Password<\/strong> field, then in confirm in the <strong>Confirm password<\/strong>\u00a0field.<br \/>\n5. To expand the master password protection for CLI usage, select <strong>Protect CLI with master password<\/strong>\u00a0check box.<br \/>\n6. Click <strong>Apply<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Using Master Password in Command Line<\/h3>\n<p>Once a master password protection feature is expanded to CLI usage, you must use a master password to execute any CLI command.<\/p>\n<p>To do it, use the <strong>-mp<\/strong> argument in any command.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>To request the trial license under master password protection, use the following command:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"bash language-bash\">cbb activateLicense -email \"email\" -edition \"ultimate\" -trial -mp [yourpass]\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>where\u00a0[yourpass] is a master password.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"resetthemasterpassword\">Reset Master Password<\/h2>\n<p>If you forgot your master password, you can reset it.<\/p>\n<p>Once you run the Backup for Windows protected with a master password, in the dialog box, click <strong>Reset master password<\/strong>, then click <strong>Yes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Note that once a master password is reset, all other passwords used in MSP360 Backup (for example, passwords for storage destination access), will be reset as well for security reasons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33022 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog.png\" alt=\"Reset master password dialog box\" width=\"464\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog.png 464w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In case of setting modifications are detected, accept them or decline in the <strong>Unauthorized Changes Detected<\/strong>\u00a0dialog box:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33023 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog2.png\" alt=\"Unauthozired changes dialog box\" width=\"606\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog2.png 606w, https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/master_password_reset_blog2-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSP360\u00a0Backup 6.1.1 is equipped with the improved master password feature. With a master password feature enabled, all storage credentials, backup and restore plan configurations, settings are encrypted and secured with a signature. Any unauthorized actions will require to provide the master password. The feature provides the following improvements: Command Line Interface is now can be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[877,894,882],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-articles","category-msp360-backup","category-msp360-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33015"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56766,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33015\/revisions\/56766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}