If you change your security configuration, you might need
to replace your old IBM® WebSphere® Application Server administrator
user ID with a new WebSphere Application
Server administrator
user ID.
- Prerequisites
- Applying fix packs to your portal
About this task
Complete the following steps to replace the WebSphere Application
Server administrator
user ID:Procedure
- Create a user in the Manage
Users and Groups portlet to replace the current WebSphere Application
Server administrative
user.
- Run the following task to replace the old WebSphere Application
Server administrative
user with the new user:
- AIX® HP-UX Linux Solaris: ./ConfigEngine.sh
wp-change-was-admin-user -DWasPassword=password -DnewAdminId=newadminid -DnewAdminPw=newpassword from
the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine directory.
- IBM i: ConfigEngine.sh wp-change-was-admin-user
-DWasPassword=password -DnewAdminId=newadminid -DnewAdminPw=newpassword from
the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory.
- Windows: ConfigEngine.bat wp-change-was-admin-user
-DWasPassword=password -DnewAdminId=newadminid -DnewAdminPw=newpassword from
the wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine directory.
Note: Refer to the description of the newAdminId property
in wkplc.properties under wp_profile_root\ConfigEngine\properties\ for
guidance on populating the value in the command line.
Additional parameter for stopped servers: This task verifies the user against a running server
instance. If the server is stopped, add the -Dskip.ldap.validation=true parameter
to the task to skip the validation.
- Verify that the task completed
successfully. Stop and restart all required servers.
What to do next
If you use an external security manager such as Security Access
Manager, you must manually
remove the old administrator user ID from the external security manager.