You can't use special characters for the for resetting password in SolusVM

You can't use special characters for the password. Solusvm client area supports alphanumeric passwords only. You can't use any special characters password(including !) from client panel. If you wish to set a highly secured password for you VPS you can follow the below steps. 

1. Set a simple password (something like "changeme") via SolusVM panel.
2. Login to the server using SSH 
    ssh server IP
    User: root
    Password: changeme
3. Run the following command
    password 
    It will prompt you to enter password 
Now you can use the new password.

 

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