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ISADMIN , WASADMIN and XMETA Passwords
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:34 am
by m_mani87
Hi ,
Our server is installed by a different vendor and the account has come to us. We dont have informtions on ISADMIN,WASADMIN and XMETA passwords.
I need the same to install fixpacks . Is there anwhere i could find the password in the server files?
I do not want to reset the passwords as i am worried of the impacts of changing it.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 2:56 am
by dsetlteam
Request for the passwords from the previous vendor
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 3:33 am
by ray.wurlod
Who let them depart without securely handing over the passwords?
There is no way you can find the passwords "on the server files" - even if you could, they'd be stored in an encrypted form.
I agree, demand the passwords from the previous vendors, perhaps with the threat of litigation if necessary.
Alternatively you can disable security in WAS and institute new passwords via the AppServerAdmin command.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 7:29 am
by rkashyap
Assuming that you have root access on the Unix server, you can view the encrypted passwords for WASADMIN and XMETA in /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/InfoSphere/config/cells/<hostname>Node01Cell/security.xml:
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<userRegistries xmi:type="security:LocalOSUserRegistry" xmi:id="LocalOSUserRegistry" serverId="wasadmin" serverPassword="PASSWORD" realm= ...
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<authDataEntries xmi:id= ... alias="ASB DB user" userId="xmeta" password="PASSWORD" description="User account to connect to the SQL database holding the ASB repository"/>
I am not sure that you will be able to use these though
I will suggest ... same as previous poster's advise, either get it from the vendor or update the password.
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 8:34 am
by asorrell
There are quite a few steps that have to be taken to set new passwords, and if you skip a step, you can easily trash your system. The procedures are all well documented and can be supplied by contacting your customer service vendor who will email / walk you through the steps.
However - I agree - get the previous vendor to give you the passwords!