What's the initial username/password for Tomcat administration?

[Nigel Chou]

I have installed tomcat 4.1.31 on my WindowsXP. I browse Tomcat home page: http://127.0.0.1:8080/index.jsp, and then click Tomcat Administration. It goes to http://127.0.0.1:8080/admin/login.jsp. What's the username and password to this page?

[Craig Jackson]

I believe by default the role of "Admin" and/or "Manager" is not setup, this is something you will have to do, by adding an 'admin' user and defining your own username and password. This is done by modifying the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml file.

Here is an example:

<tomcat-users>
  <role rolename="manager"/>
  <role rolename="admin"/>
  <user username="myUsername" password="myPassword" roles="admin,manager"/>
</tomcat-users>
  

[Nigel Chou]

Originally posted by Craig Jackson:
I believe by default the role of "Admin" and/or "Manager" is not setup, this is something you will have to do, by adding an 'admin' user and defining your own username and password. This is done by modifying the $CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml file.

Here is an example:

<tomcat-users>
  <role rolename="manager"/>
  <role rolename="admin"/>
  <user username="myUsername" password="myPassword" roles="admin,manager"/>
</tomcat-users>
  

It works.
Thank you.

[Harinath Kuntamukkala]

User Name: admin
Password: admin (or) both are blank

[Bear Bibeault]

"Harinath",

There aren't may rules that have been put into place here on the Ranch, but one that we take very seriously regards the use of proper names. Please take a look at the JavaRanch Naming Policy and adjust your display name to match it.

In particular, your display name must be a first and a last name separated by a space character, and must not be obviously fictitious.

Thanks!
bear
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