topic Re: Reset the admin password in Alfresco Archive

Reset the admin password

maxime_corbeau — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 14:55:30 GMT

Hi all,We're using Alfresco 3.3 and have forgotten about the admin password. We've followed instructions at:http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Security_and_Authentication#How_to_reset_the_admin_password[1] The method with running the SQL command doesn't work since no row is returned -> I believe the

Re: Reset the admin password

maxime_corbeau — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:31:03 GMT

Hi all,

Could someone give me some directions as to how moving forward?

Thanks

Re: Reset the admin password

nicolasraoul — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:12:35 GMT

Hello Maxime,

I believe that AuthorityServiceImpl.java has changed and does not have a setAdminUsers method anymore.
You can check the errors in alfresco.log or catalina.out

So there must be another method of resetting the admin password. If you know the password of a user who is in a group, then add that group to the adminGroups in authority-services-context.xml

It seems like the wiki is very out-of-date on this topic.

Regards,
Nicolas Raoul
http://nrw.free.fr

Re: Reset the admin password

nicolasraoul — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:34:33 GMT

Unlike authority-services-context.xml, the file alfresco-authentication-context.xml (in the alfrescoNtlm subsystem) allows one to add defaultAdministratorUserNames values.
Unfortunately, it does not seem to have any effect: After a restart, the specified user still can not access administration tools nor create spaces where he wants.

Re: Reset the admin password

nicolasraoul — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 06:54:14 GMT

OK, I have found 🙂

1) Stop Alfresco
2) Open file alfresco-global.properties
3) Add this line: alfresco_user_store.adminusername=hippolyte
4) Start Alfresco

That's supposing you know the password of a user called hippolyte.
Does it work for you?
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Re: Reset the admin password

pct — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:56:56 GMT

Easy, and it works.
Thank you

Re: Reset the admin password

kwilliamsjr — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 09:54:16 GMT

for some reason that didn't work for me. I'm not sure why. I'm on 3.4

Re: Reset the admin password

joe_l3 — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:32:15 GMT

I've resumed some tips exposed in the official wiki:

http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Security_and_Authentication#How_to_reset_the_admin_password
Take a look here:
http://www.giuseppeurso.eu/en/alfresco-tips-and-tricks-1-reset-the-admin-password/