Hi Kin,

I tried your suggestion but same result.

What I do to test is

ssh to my linux server

from there I telnet to localhost port 7373 (in my case)

I login into the cluster with the user I want to test

I run set/password

What I noticed is that if I telnet to the private ip (or public ip) the issue is not present. So it seems related to the telnet localhost.

Strange

BTW, what is the purpose of the set/passphrase command?

Andrea

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On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM Kin <ea3cv@cronux.net> wrote:

Andrea,

What’s happening is very strange.
The set/password command can be used with any privilege level (<9).
Have you tried using it like this:
set/password <cr/lf> ????

Careful! Not set/pass, that’s a different command.
There is also the set/passphrase command.

Kin EA3CV

De: Andrea <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
Para: The <dxspider-support@dxcluster.org>
CC: Andrea <andrea.timpy@gmail.com>
Fecha: martes, 20 de enero de 2026 16:37 CET
Asunto: [Dxspider-support] set/password not working properly

Hi,

all users that have a password configured by the sysop are not able to change it by their own with the command set/password

They get error "not allowed".

Any other experiencing this issue?

Thanks

andrea

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