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Admin password for EE hub

katkindberg — Wed, 04 Aug 2021 23:18:57 GMT

Hi, So I have a particular situation where someone in my household will reset my admin password for the hub using the password override option.

The smart hub is unfortunately located so i am unable to move it.

Is there anything I can do to prevent him from doing this in the future?

Re: Admin password for EE hub

XRaySpeX — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:45:15 GMT

@katkindberg : What password override option? Once you set a difficult pwd of your own someone else can't override it.

Re: Admin password for EE hub

katkindberg — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 00:52:55 GMT

It's using the original admin password at the back of the hub and holding the wps button for 14 seconds. Apparently it will allow you to save a new password without knowing the old. Realised he can keep resetting the hub to factory settings and have access anyway so it probably makes no difference at this point. Thanks for your answer!

Re: Admin password for EE hub

XRaySpeX — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 01:31:30 GMT

Ah, so you can! Rather insecure against anyone who knows EE SHs in general. Even works w/out the WPS button by clicking Help on the login window.

Re: Admin password for EE hub

Chris_B — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 06:18:10 GMT

@katkindberg You could always remind this person that it’s you who pays for this. If this person wants control over the device perhaps they should pay for it.