AEM 6 SP2 - Reset Administrator Password to admin offline

Goal


The default password for administrator user admin is admin. If the password was changed to something else, to reset it to admin without logging in...

Thanks to Yuval Ararat for the tip

Solution


1) Stop AEM 6 instance

2) Place the package reset_admin_pass_to_admin.zip in <AEM_Home>/crx-quickstart/install (create it, if there isn't one)

3) Start AEM 6 instance

4) Package should have installed. It contains /home/users/a/admin/.content.xml with rep:password set to text admin encrypted 

5) Login as admin/admin
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7 comments:

  1. vipulSeptember 29, 2016 at 1:18 AM

    I tried this and worked without stopping the instance. Thanks Sreekanth

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  2. UnknownNovember 16, 2016 at 9:50 AM

    Hi,

    I have tried this on AEM 6.2 with no luck...any help is appreciated.

    Please look into this

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  3. UnknownNovember 16, 2016 at 10:03 AM

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    1. UnknownNovember 16, 2016 at 10:04 AM

      Can you please confirm if it works with AEM.6.2

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  4. UnknownNovember 18, 2016 at 5:58 AM

    Hello,

    I tried this but get the following error in the log

    18.11.2016 11:43:54.461 *ERROR* [OsgiInstallerImpl] org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.fs.io.AutoSave error during auto save - retrying after refresh...
    18.11.2016 11:43:54.473 *ERROR* [OsgiInstallerImpl] org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.fs.io.Importer Error while committing changes. Aborting.
    18.11.2016 11:43:54.482 *ERROR* [OsgiInstallerImpl] org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.packaging.impl.ZipVaultPackage Error during install.
    javax.jcr.nodetype.ConstraintViolationException: OakConstraint0027: The admin user cannot be removed.
    at org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.CommitFailedException.asRepositoryException(CommitFailedException.java:225)
    at org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.api.CommitFailedException.asRepositoryException(CommitFailedException.java:212)
    at org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.jcr.delegate.SessionDelegate.newRepositoryException(SessionDelegate.java:594)
    at org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.jcr.delegate.SessionDelegate.save(SessionDelegate.java:461)
    ...

    What am i doing wrong?

    Stefan Goethals.

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  5. KenFebruary 22, 2017 at 12:15 AM

    For 6.2, you'll need to know the path to the admin user node in the instance you want to change.
    1. Create a package with the admin account with a known password.
    2. Download the package and update the node path and filter.xml to match the account on the target instance.
    3. Upload package to install folder and restart AEM.

    In error.log, you should see "content package installed"

    AEM may refuse to install package because of missing rep:token.key, if this occurs, just make sure you are not including .tokens under the admin node.

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  6. Sampath Kumar GangisettyJuly 16, 2019 at 10:10 AM

    Great articel. I spent for two hours nearly and understood what the issue was . Thak you very much

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