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Mark Craig
15.57.2012 568864d6fc5ba81c4c23afb6389853cfa4f72576
Fix for OPENDJ-523: Troubleshooting doc should cover reset of administrative passwords
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opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-ldap-operations.xml 38 ●●●● patch | view | raw | blame | history
opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-troubleshooting.xml 117 ●●●●● patch | view | raw | blame | history
opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-ldap-operations.xml
@@ -939,7 +939,10 @@
  
  <example xml:id="password-reset">
   <title>Password Reset</title>
   <indexterm>
    <primary>Resetting passwords</primary>
   </indexterm>
   <para>The following example shows Kirsten Vaughan resetting Sam Carter's
   password. Kirsten has the appropriate privilege to reset Sam's
   password.</para>
@@ -1031,39 +1034,6 @@
cn: Babs Jensen
</screen>
  </example>
  <tip xml:id="fix-forgotten-directory-manager-pwd">
   <para>If you forget the password for <literal>cn=Directory Manager</literal>,
   then one remedy uses the following steps.</para>
    <orderedlist>
     <listitem>
      <para>Generate an encoded password value using the
      <command>encode-password</command> command.</para>
      <para>By default, the password for Directory Manager uses the SSHA512
      password storage scheme. In the following example, the encoded password
      is wrapped to fit on a printed page.</para>
      <screen>$ encode-password --storageScheme SSHA512 --interactivePassword
Please enter the password :
Please renter the password:
Encoded Password:
 "{SSHA512}U7Kx5oYcLxdsqSrpSkBk425LwL0Z61loNfS0dBVCcEKVhMyTT
 oe3oWikDJ/AJjKEkYBg+q3VUQ5hWgrGVf7MjfDrm5mum6yI"</screen>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>Stop OpenDJ.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>Edit <filename>config/config.ldif</filename>, replacing the
      <literal>userPassword</literal> value on the entry for
      <literal>cn=Directory Manager,cn=Root DNs,cn=config</literal> with
      the encoded password, taking care not to leave any whitespace at the
      end of the line.</para>
     </listitem>
     <listitem>
      <para>Start OpenDJ.</para>
     </listitem>
    </orderedlist>
  </tip>
 </section>
 <section xml:id="tools-properties">
opendj3/src/main/docbkx/admin-guide/chap-troubleshooting.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
 <section xml:id="troubleshoot-installation">
  <title>Troubleshooting Installation &amp; Upgrade</title>
  <para>Installation and upgrade procedures result in a log file tracing
  the operation. The log location differs by operating system, but look for
  lines in the command output of the following form.</para>
@@ -83,6 +83,121 @@
  <literallayout class="monospaced">See /var/....log for a detailed log of this operation.</literallayout>
 </section>
 <section xml:id="troubleshoot-reset-admin-passwords">
  <title>Resetting Administrator Passwords</title>
  <para>This section describes what to do if you forgot the password for
  Directory Manager or for the global (replication) administrator.</para>
  <procedure xml:id="reset-directory-manager-password">
   <title>Resetting the Directory Manager's Password</title>
   <indexterm>
    <primary>Resetting passwords</primary>
    <secondary>cn=Directory Manager</secondary>
   </indexterm>
   <para>OpenDJ directory server stores the entry for Directory Manager in
   the LDIF representation of its configuration. You must be able to edit
   directory server files in order to reset Directory Manager's password.</para>
   <step>
    <para>Generate the encoded version of the new password using the OpenDJ
    <command>encode-password</command> command.</para>
    <screen>$ cd /path/to/OpenDJ/bin/
$ ./encode-password --storageScheme SSHA512 --clearPassword password
Encoded Password:  "{SSHA512}yWqHnYV4a5llPvE7WHLe5jzK27oZQWLIlVcs9gySu4TyZJMg
 NQNRtnR/Xx2xces1wu1dVLI9jVVtl1W4BVsmOKjyjr0rWrHt"</screen>
   </step>
   <step>
    <para>Stop OpenDJ directory server while you edit the configuration.</para>
    <screen>$ ./stop-ds</screen>
   </step>
   <step>
    <para>Find Directory Manager's entry, which has DN <literal>cn=Directory
    Manager,cn=Root DNs,cn=config</literal>, in
    <filename>/path/to/OpenDJ/config/config.ldif</filename>, and carefully
    replace the <literal>userpassword</literal> attribute value with the
    encoded version of the new password, taking care not to leave any
    whitespace at the end of the line.</para>
    <programlisting language="ldif"
    >dn: cn=Directory Manager,cn=Root DNs,cn=config
objectClass: person
objectClass: inetOrgPerson
objectClass: organizationalPerson
objectClass: ds-cfg-root-dn-user
objectClass: top
userpassword: {SSHA512}yWqHnYV4a5llPvE7WHLe5jzK27oZQWLIlVcs9gySu4TyZJMg
 NQNRtnR/Xx2xces1wu1dVLI9jVVtl1W4BVsmOKjyjr0rWrHt
givenName: Directory
cn: Directory Manager
ds-cfg-alternate-bind-dn: cn=Directory Manager
sn: Manager
ds-pwp-password-policy-dn: cn=Root Password Policy,cn=Password Policies
 ,cn=config
ds-rlim-time-limit: 0
ds-rlim-lookthrough-limit: 0
ds-rlim-idle-time-limit: 0
ds-rlim-size-limit: 0</programlisting>
   </step>
   <step>
    <para>Start OpenDJ directory server again.</para>
    <screen>$ ./start-ds</screen>
   </step>
   <step>
    <para>Verify that you can administer the server as Directory Manager using
    the new password.</para>
    <screen>$ ./dsconfig -p 4444 -h `hostname` -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password
&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; OpenDJ configuration console main menu
What do you want to configure?
...
Enter choice: q</screen>
   </step>
  </procedure>
  <procedure xml:id="reset-repl-admin-password">
   <title>To Reset the Global Administrator's Password</title>
   <indexterm>
    <primary>Resetting passwords</primary>
    <secondary>Global (replication) administrator</secondary>
   </indexterm>
   <para>When you enable replication, part of the process involves creating a
   global administrator and setting that user's password. This user is present
   on all replicas. If you chose default values, this user has DN
   <literal>cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=admin data</literal>. You reset the
   password as you would for any other user, though you do so as Directory
   Manager.</para>
   <step>
    <para>Use the <command>ldappasswordmodify</command> command to reset the
    global administrator's password</para>
    <screen>$ cd /path/to/OpenDJ/bin/
$ ./ldappasswordmodify
 --useStartTLS
 --port 1389
 --hostname opendj.example.com
 --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager"
 --bindPassword password
 --authzID "cn=admin,cn=Administrators,cn=admin data"
 --newPassword password
The LDAP password modify operation was successful</screen>
   </step>
   <step>
    <para>Let replication copy the password change to other replicas.</para>
   </step>
  </procedure>
 </section>
 <section xml:id="troubleshoot-use-lockdown-mode">
  <title>Preventing Access While You Fix Issues</title>
  <indexterm><primary>Lockdown mode</primary></indexterm>