How to reset WebSphere wasadmin password

Question

I have tried following this tutorial but the new password doesn't take effect after security is enabled again, still have to use old password to login as wasadmin: http://weblogic-wonders.com/weblogic/2014/03/27/reset-websphere-admin-console-password/

I even tried the guide from IBM: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21392427

But I'm lost at this step: _Navigate via command prompt to /ConfigEngine

Because in my WebSphere it doesn't have this ConfigEngine folder in order the run the rest of the commands.

Can anyone help me?

EDIT: This is WebSphere 7 for Maximo 7.5

Answer 1

Have you tried the following?

To disable security, please perform the following steps via wsadmin:

1. /bin/> wsadmin -conntype NONE

2. wsadmin> securityoff

3. wsadmin> exit

4. Restart the servers.

5. Enable the security from administrative console.

Once the needed corrections are made, you can re-enable security in the admin console and then restart WebSphere.

NOTE: To restart the servers, you will first need to manually kill the java process since security is still enabled in the currently running process.

Or editing the xml file

Following this link you have 2 optiont:

This is for the standalone version

1. Make a backup of the security.xml file: /config/cells/cellname/security.xml

2. Edit the security.xml file by searching for the first instance of " enabled= ". You should see enabled="true" as in:

3. Change to enabled="false".

4. Save the security.xml file.

5. Restart server1 and the WebSphere_Portal servers. If you get authentication exceptions while trying to stop the servers, you may have to manually kill the server processes and then restart them.

6. In the wpconfig.properties file, make the following changes: PortalAdminId=wpsadmin PortalAdminGroupId=wpsadmins

   Refer to the Information Center link for specific instructions.

7. Save the wpconfig.propeties file.

8. Try to disable security again using the disable-security task:

./WPSconfig.sh disable-securit y At this point, security should be disabled. You can verify by accessing the WebSphere Application Server admin console. You should be prompted for only a user name, not a password.

Follow these instructions for a clustered version:

1. Make a backup of the security.xml file on the Deployment Manager machine: /config/cells/cellname/security.xml
2. Edit the security.xml file by searching for the first instance of "enabled= ". You should see enabled="true" as in:

3. Change to enabled="false".

4. Save the security.xml file.

5. Copy the security.xml file to the nodes: /config/cells/cellname/security.xml /config/cells/cellname/security.xml

6. Restart DMGR, NodeAgents, and WebSphere_Portal servers. If you get authentication exceptions while trying to stop the servers, you may have to manually kill the server processes and then restart them.

7. In wpconfig.properties, make the following changes: PortalAdminId=wpsadmin PortalAdminGroupId=wpsadmins

Refer to the Information Center link for specific instructions.

8. Save the wpconfig.propeties file.

9. Try to disable security again using the disable-security task. Note that the DMGR and the nodeagent should be running: ./WPSconfig.sh disable-security At this point, security should be disabled. You can verify by accessing the DMGR AdminConsole. You should be prompted for only a user name, not a password.

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Or more option is explained here Note: I haven't tried this myself yet