How to Change the IAS_ADMIN password for Enterprise Manager

Changing the EM Administrator account (ias_admin) for the EM Web Site in EM 9.0.2

If you already know the current EM Administrative password for ias_admin,

you can change the password from within the EM Web Site by clicking on the Preferences link on the top right-hand side of the screen.

1. You must enter the old password, the new password and confirm the new password. Or You can also go to command line and issue the following syntax:

On Unix:

emctl set password
emctl authenticate

On Windows NT/2000:

emctl set password
emctl authenticate

2. Restart the EMD using the emctl start command

NOTE: When issuing this first stop command, use the OLD password. Then start EMD. The new password will take effect from then on.

. If you have forgotten the EM Administrative password for ias_admin, the solution depends on your platform.
Please follow the platform specific steps below:

Windows NT / 2000:

(Per the Oracle9iAS Release 2 Addendum Release Notes, section 11.5)

The Enterprise Manager Web Site will enforce use of the current Administrator (ias_admin) password when you log in to Enterprise Manager, stop the Enterprise Manager Service, or change the ias_admin password. If you have forgotten your ias_admin password then you must reset it using the following procedure while you are logged on to your PC as the person who installed Oracle9iAS:

1.Edit the following file and locate the line that defines the credentials property for use the ias_admin user:

%ORACLE_HOME%\sysman\j2ee\config\jazn-data.xml

The following example shows the section of jazn-data.xml with the credentials entry in boldface type:

enterprise-manager


ias_admin
rJqp85BkhFwAyw9ddl0PnFlUBVaWzbfT

2.Remove the entire line that contains the property from jazn-data.xml.

3.Enter the following command from DOS Command window:

%ORACLE_HOME%\bin\emctl set password reset

4. Restart your PC. After resetting the password, you can't stop the em service since it is still using the old password. You have to reboot the system to get the new password to take effect.

Unix:

On unix platforms, this step is not necessary because the emctl utility does not require the old password in order to set the new password..

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How to Change the IAS_ADMIN password for Enterprise Manager 9.0.2 (Oracle9iAS R2