Resetting the password for the default administrative user

You can reset the password for the default administrative user that was created automatically by the installation program. Depending on the password policy of your company, you might be required to reset this password regularly.
Tip: The password was set when you ran the installation program, and you do not need to reset the password to perform web application server administrative tasks.

About this task

The embedded web application server that hosts the web console normally requires minimal administration. You might be required to renew or import SSL certificates for the web console by running the scripts that are provided with your product installation. When running these scripts you must specify the user ID of the default administrative user that is created locally when you install the product. The default administrative user is separate from the other administrative users that are used with the product, such as database administrators.

Procedure

To reset the password for the default administrative user:

  1. Stop Data Studio web console.
    • On Linux and UNIX: From the installation directory, run the command stop.sh.
    • On Windows: From the Start menu, click All Programs > IBM Data Studio > IBM Data Studio web console V3.1 > Stop Web Console Server.
  2. Encrypt the new password by running this command from the installation directory.
    • On Linux and UNIX: wlp/bin/securityUtility encode new_password
    • On Windows:wlp/bin/securityUtility.bat encode new_password
    Where new_password is the updated password. The encrypted password is printed to the screen.
  3. Edit the Config/dswebserver.properties file. Change the value of the admin.password field to the encrypted password.
  4. Start the Data Studio web console.
    • On Linux and UNIX: From the installation directory, run the command start.sh.
    • On Windows: From the Start menu, click All Programs > IBM Data Studio > IBM Data Studio web console V3.1 > Start Web Console Server.

Results

The password for the user ID of the default administrative user is updated.

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