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**These are two separate entities with independent accounts.** **These are two separate entities with independent accounts.**
Also there is another Linux special user: `kvmd-webterm`. Also there is another special Linux user: `kvmd-webterm`.
It can't be used for login or remote access to PiKVM OS and has the non-privileged rights in the OS. It can't be used for login or remote access to PiKVM OS and has the non-privileged rights in the OS.
Password access and `sudo` is disabled for it. It is used to launch the `Web Terminal` in the Web UI. Password access and `sudo` is disabled for it. It is used only for launching the `Web Terminal`.
These restrictions are set for security reasons.
The basic idea is that the Web UI user can access the OS at the level of a regular user,
but cannot control the core functions of PiKVM or break the OS.
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[root@pikvm kvmd-webterm]# [root@pikvm kvmd-webterm]#
``` ```
!!! tip "Disabling the `Web Terminal`"
Sometimes the actual owner of a PiKVM device and the user who is allowed to use it are different people.
So you may want to disable console access from the Web UI. To do this, use the following:
```
[root@pikvm ~]# rw
[root@pikvm ~]# systemctl disable --now kvmd-webterm
[root@pikvm ~]# ro
```
For your own access to PiKVM OS, you will still have SSH.
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## Changing the Linux password ## Changing the Linux password

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# passwd <user> # passwd <user>
``` ```
Keep in mind that the more users that are added, the stream if accessed, fps will drop.
??? question "How do I get root access in the web terminal?" ??? question "How do I get root access in the web terminal?"
The web terminal works with the account `kvmd-webterm`. This is a regular user with no administrator privileges. In addition, `sudo` and login are disabled for this user for security reasons. To get `root` access, you need to use the `su -` command (minus is important) and **enter the root password**. The web terminal works with the account `kvmd-webterm`. This is a regular user with no administrator privileges. In addition, `sudo` and login are disabled for this user for security reasons. To get `root` access, you need to use the `su -` command (minus is important) and **enter the root password**.