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[[!meta title="Administration password"]]
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In Tails, an administration password (also called *root password* or *amnesia password*) is required to perform system administration tasks. For example:
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Security implications of setting up an administration password
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For better security, no administration password is set up by default.
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- Monitor all your activity.
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- Reveal your IP address.
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- Access all the data in your Persistent Storage.
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- Read and write data on the internal hard disk of the computer.
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- Install such vulnerabilities permanently on your Tails USB stick.
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- Learn how to [[shut down Tails quickly|doc/first_steps/shutdown]] in case of emergency.
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Set up an administration password
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In order to perform administration tasks, you need to set up an administration password when starting Tails, using the [[Welcome Screen|welcome_screen]].
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When the Welcome Screen appears, click on the **[[!img lib/list-add.png alt="Add Additional Setting" class="symbolic" link="no"]]** button.
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[[!img additional.png link="no" class="screenshot" alt=""]]
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Choose **Administration Password** in the **Additional Settings** dialog.
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Specify a password of your choice in both the <span class="guilabel">Administration Password</span> and <span class="guilabel">Confirm</span> text boxes then click <span class="bold">Add</span>.
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<div class="note">
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<p>For security, it is impossible to set up an administration password after
starting Tails. Otherwise, a compromised application could bypass some of the
security built in Tails.</p>
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</div>
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<a id="open_root_terminal"></a>
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