how to reset admin Console password

[deepesh shah]

Dear friends,
I am using weblogic 7.0 version as my app server in linux platform.I am not able to login thru console with the userid=system and pwd=weblogic which I have in my startWebLogic.sh file.My admin server is staring properly but I cannot be able to login thru console(web console).It's giving me the following error.

Authentication Denied
The username or password has been refused by WebLogic Server. Please try again.

[biswajit priyadarshi]

Hi,

Can any body help me out for changing the password for my weblogic server,which is currently running under the username:weblogic with password:weblogic?
Please help me out as soon as possible.I am very new to weblogic.
I hope all my friends here will definitly help me.

[Joe Rosiak]

Originally posted by biswajit priyadarshi:
Hi,

Can any body help me out for changing the password for my weblogic server,which is currently running under the username:weblogic with password:weblogic?
Please help me out as soon as possible.I am very new to weblogic.
I hope all my friends here will definitly help me.

We had to do this for weblogic 8. Not sure if it will work on 7.

update the boot.properties with username and password:
#Mon Mar 17 15:34:44 CDT 2008
password=thepassword
username=weblogicadmin

Then run this to reset a webloic admin password
java weblogic.jar weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogicadmin thepassword .
DONT FORGET THE DOT AT THE END!

Next move the ldap directory to ldap.old

start the admin server

[Amit Kumar.]

even I didn't know that. I had asked to lots of people but could never get a solution. I thought that we only need to edit the credentials in boot. properties & config.xml

[Lavanya Halliwell]

the username & password in these files is encryped using AES, and if you don't have a key, getting the values would be hard. (at least with weblogic 10.3.2)

do you suppose we could Use AES to generate a new username and password and the insert the newly encrypted values in the files?

[jagadesh manchala]

Edit the boot.properties file which is the user_projects\domains\Your Domain here
check for boot.properties file
enter your own user name and password in place of user name and password . save it
Restart the server

enter the new user name and password

[sudipto shekhar]

jagadesh manchala wrote:Edit the boot.properties file which is the user_projects\domains\Your Domain here
check for boot.properties file
enter your own user name and password in place of user name and password . save it
Restart the server

enter the new user name and password

This won't work... The attributes to the boot.properties are used while the server boots..... and if the password is not found there, the password will be read from the password file and will be rewritten to the boot.properties file.

The command to reset the console password would be : java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount <username> <password> . (dot)

Hope this helps.

[Akhilesh Agrawal]

  To change the password follow the steps
Step1). open a Command Prompt and then run “setDomainEnv.sh” or “setDomainEnv.cmd”.

Step2). Just for Safety Take a Backup of (C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\security\*DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift*) file, because in the Next Command which we are going to run is going to Create a New File “DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift”.

Step3). In the Command Window Move inside your Domain’s Security Directory, And then Run the Following Command:

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\security>java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount newAdmin newPassword .

Syntax: java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount <NewAdminUserName> <NewAdminPassword>

NOTE:- There is a . (DOT) at the end of the Above command which represents the Current Directory. Here you can see that after this command Executes A new “DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift” file will be created in the Current Directory.

IMPORTANT STEP

Step3 (For taking backup of other user profiles)
A).  Login to Admin Console

Security Realms—> myrealm(Your realm Name)—> Migration(Tab)—> Export (Tab)

Here please provide a Directory location for “Export Directory on Server:” TextBox (Example: C:\UserData)

Click on “Save” button…you will find that in the Directory which you have specified you will get :

DefaultAuthenticator.dat
DefaultCredentialMapper.dat
exportIndex.dat
XACMLAuthorizer.dat
XACMLRoleMapper.dat

Step 4). In the Same command prompt Move inside the admin Server folder inside your domain. And then Just remname the “data” folder to something else ….like “data_OLD” this is a way of taking safe backup.

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\servers\AdminServer> rename data data_OLD

Step 5). Now Similarly rename the boot.properties as well to an other File.

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\servers\AdminServer\security> rename boot.properties boot.properties_OLD

Step 6). Now start The Admin Server.

While starting it will ask for the UserName and Password to be entered as we have not created any “boot.properties” file at present.

————> At the End Login to Admin Console with the New Useraname and Password—–> Check the Users in Security realms …you will not find any user with name “weblogic” There….


Step 7).  To import other User Data back Please do the following:

Login to Admin Console
Security Realms—> myrealm(Your realm Name)—> Migration(Tab)—> Import (Tab)

Now provide the folder Name where u have all the above files:
DefaultAuthenticator.dat
DefaultCredentialMapper.dat
exportIndex.dat
XACMLAuthorizer.dat
XACMLRoleMapper.dat


This should work.

- Akhil
  

[Akhilesh Agrawal]

To change the password follow the steps
Step1). open a Command Prompt and then run “setDomainEnv.sh” or “setDomainEnv.cmd”.

Step2). Just for Safety Take a Backup of (C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\security\*DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift*) file, because in the Next Command which we are going to run is going to Create a New File “DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift”.

Step3). In the Command Window Move inside your Domain’s Security Directory, And then Run the Following Command:

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\security>java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount newAdmin newPassword .

Syntax: java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount <NewAdminUserName> <NewAdminPassword>

NOTE:- There is a . (DOT) at the end of the Above command which represents the Current Directory. Here you can see that after this command Executes A new “DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift” file will be created in the Current Directory.

IMPORTANT STEP

Step3 (For taking backup of other user profiles)
A).  Login to Admin Console

Security Realms—> myrealm(Your realm Name)—> Migration(Tab)—> Export (Tab)

Here please provide a Directory location for “Export Directory on Server:” TextBox (Example: C:\UserData)

Click on “Save” button…you will find that in the Directory which you have specified you will get :

DefaultAuthenticator.dat
DefaultCredentialMapper.dat
exportIndex.dat
XACMLAuthorizer.dat
XACMLRoleMapper.dat

Step 4). In the Same command prompt Move inside the admin Server folder inside your domain. And then Just remname the “data” folder to something else ….like “data_OLD” this is a way of taking safe backup.

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\servers\AdminServer> rename data data_OLD

Step 5). Now Similarly rename the boot.properties as well to an other File.

Example: C:\bea103\user_projects\domains\7001_Domain\servers\AdminServer\security> rename boot.properties boot.properties_OLD

Step 6). Now start The Admin Server.

While starting it will ask for the UserName and Password to be entered as we have not created any “boot.properties” file at present.

————> At the End Login to Admin Console with the New Useraname and Password—–> Check the Users in Security realms …you will not find any user with name “weblogic” There….


Step 7).  To import other User Data back Please do the following:

Login to Admin Console
Security Realms—> myrealm(Your realm Name)—> Migration(Tab)—> Import (Tab)

Now provide the folder Name where u have all the above files:
DefaultAuthenticator.dat
DefaultCredentialMapper.dat
exportIndex.dat
XACMLAuthorizer.dat
XACMLRoleMapper.dat


This should work.

- Akhil
    

[Scott Bravo]

I have tried command " java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount newAdmin newPassword . " from "C:\bea\user_projects\domains\base_domain\security" directory ...

but it says Noclassdefound exception

any sugesstion

[Sai Yelisetty]

If you have followed the first step, you should have your java classpath set for you:

Step1). open a Command Prompt and then run “setDomainEnv.sh” or “setDomainEnv.cmd”.

Or I think you can use "java -cp C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\server\lib\weblogic.jar;%CLASSPATH% weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogicadmin thepassword ." if you already have a java/JAVA_HOME setup on your system.

[Deron Johnson]

Well I went through the first few steps and it did create a new defaultAuthenticator.ldift file but it does not allow me to log into the console with it. Any clues?

[Prasanth S Pillai]

Try changing the <node-manager-username>, <node-manager-password> in config.xml

[Jason Casey]

the username & password in these files is encryped using AES, and if you don't have a key, getting the values would be hard

It should still be possible to retrieve the password for the WebLogic Admin Console using the method described here.

[anandraj tadkal]

You can also refer the below link:

http://weblogic-wonders.com/weblogic/2010/11/21/recovering-weblogic-admin-console-password/

NOTE: Set the classpath by running the setDomainEnv script at first.

Regards,
Anandraj
http://weblogic-wonders.com

[Hemant Thacker]

Weblogic Server 10.3.2 Administration Console Credentials Are:

Username: weblogic
Password: welcome1

Thanks,
Hemant

[Hawk Jordan]

Thanks, Hemant.

The topic is about Administration Console Credentials. most of people are talking about the username/password to start Weblogic Server. Kind of deviating...

Anyway, it's a worth reading,,

[Ravi kumar Gautam]

Akhilesh Agrawal Thank you very much. It worked for me.