You should be able to log into the directory console using the "directory manager" credentials to change the uid=admin password.
Or also from the command line, bind as "directory manager" and try change the userpassword attribute value of the entry uid=admin,ou=Administrators,ou=TopologyManagement,o=NetscapeRoot
M.

On 08/22/2011 11:18 AM, Brant Hohnstein wrote:

Thanks for the suggestion.  I think the link you sent me was to reset the Directory Manager password.  Forgive me if I am mistaken.  Don’t I need a procedure to change the admin-server password? 

 

Best regards,

 

Brant Hohnstein

System Administrator

brant.hohnstein@returnpath.net

+1 303-999-3233

 

From: 389-users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:389-users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Hagopian
Sent: 22 August 2011 11:59 AM
To: General discussion list for the 389 Directory server project.
Subject: Re: [389-users] Recover Management Console Password

 

http://directory.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Howto:ResetDirMgrPassword

2011/8/22 Brant Hohnstein <brant.hohnstein@returnpath.net>

Is there a procedure (however cumbersome) to reset the Management Console (admin) password if the password is not currently known?

 

I changed the admin password in the Console GUI (domainName/ldapservername/ServerGroup/Administration Server/Configure Admin Server/Access(tab).  I must have typed the password wrong twice because it accepted it.  Now I can’t seem to type the password “wrong” in the same way to get into the Management Console.

 

I have tried shutting down the Admin Server and copying in a /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw file from a different 389 server where I do know the password.  After restarting and typing in the known password, I get an error about not being able to contact the directory server.

 

I have also searched for a password recovery procedure without success. 

Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Brant Hohnstein

System Administrator

Return Path, Inc.

8001 Arista Place, Suite 300

Broomfield, CO 80021

brant.hohnstein@returnpath.net

+1 303-999-3233

 


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