Reset the superadmin password in TDS

In my test IBM Connections environment I use Tivoli Directory Server (TDS) as the LDAP server. Unfortunately I misplaced the password for the ‘superadmin’ account (which is used for managing the Web Administration Tool console).

Thankfully I found the solution here, all you need to do is edit the console_password file, which in my environment is here:

/opt/ibm/ldap/V6.3/appsrv/profiles/TDSWebAdminProfile/installedApps/DefaultNode/IDSWebApp.war.ear/IDSWebApp.war/WEB-INF/classes/security/console_passwd

And then replace the contents of the file with these two lines:

ef13c691261ad9f4f313

ef03d586310f

This will reset the password back to the default which is: secret

Or alternatively just don’t loose the password in the first place!