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There are plenty of solutions to this problem. Some customers prefer receiving a non-root login, some prefer a password that expires, some prefer none of the above. The bottom line is, in the context

Does this work? Let me try it on my new VPS. Because I'm also wary root password can be reset easily from whatever panel, hopefully this will make it harder.

With Virtfusion (what I use), when you install an operating system and don't select an SSH key, the root password is generated and emailed to you. The email logs Virtfusion stores automatically redact

That is the correct way to do it. When installing an OS via a template, the provider can easily require a password change after the first login. And if the customer is installing directly via ISO, the

With OVH, they send a temp password link that will expire in 7 days and require you to change the password on first login.

I get it for automation on the first setup the password needs to be stored and sent out. Would standard practice not be to create a temporary password that is expired on first login or require reset?

If a provider sends you an email with the password (which almost every single one does), there isn't really any way around 'storing' the password in plaintext. Even if the provider doesn't "s

Pretty much nailed it. Virtualizor... even on the website for the panel the first freaking screenshot they show that they can show the root password.

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Yeah. And half of them also email your original password to you and allow you to see your password in the panel. This is why everyone should immediately change the root password on your VPS as soon as

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I have 7 different VPS providers and while looking through the backend of one of them I realized they store my root password in plain text.... I was baffled because I mean, this is like 2026 and stori

If you read... the same exact methods, FTP with a VPS is perfectly fine to the same location even with the same provider.

Passive FTP mode behind NAT or firewall rules can, for example, cause slow speeds, but there can be many other reasons.

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