How to reset the admin password in AEM 6.3
Learn how to reset the admin password in AEM 6.3. You must stop AEM first.
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Environment
Adobe Experience Manager 6.4, 6.5
Issue/Symptoms
The admin password is forgotten and needs to be reset.
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Follow these steps to reset the password:
- Enter the following command in the server command prompt (replace the path with the path to your AEM segmentstore). AEM should be stopped before running these steps:
java -jar oak-run-*.jar console path/to/crx-quickstart/repository/segmentstore --read-write ":load admin-reset.groovy" - Enter the following:
:load admin-reset63.groovy - Press enter, and the script will automatically find and change the admin password to admin.
- Review the output, it says:
Found admin node : SegmentNodeBuilder{path=/home/users/some/path} - Start AEM.
Additional information
Needed Items:
- oak-run jar
admin-reset.groovyscript (download/remove .txt or create from content)
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admin-reset.groovy
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.security.user.util.PasswordUtil
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.CommitInfo
import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.spi.commit.EmptyHook
class Global {
static adminNode = null ;
}
void findAdminNode(ub) {
if (ub.hasProperty( "rep:principalName" )) {
if ( "rep:principalName = admin" .equals(ub.getProperty( "rep:principalName" ).toString())) {
Global.adminNode = ub;
}
}
ub.childNodeNames.each { it ->
if (Global.adminNode == null ) {
findAdminNode(ub.getChildNode(it));
}
}
}
ub = session.store.root.builder();
findAdminNode(ub.getChildNode( "home" ).getChildNode( "users" ));
if (Global.adminNode) {
println( "Found admin node: " + Global.adminNode.toString());
Global.adminNode.setProperty( "rep:password" , PasswordUtil.buildPasswordHash( "admin" ));
session.store.merge(ub, EmptyHook.INSTANCE, CommitInfo.EMPTY);
} else {
println( "Could not find admin node." );
}