How to reset the master password in Auth Manager 7.1
2 years ago
Originally Published: 2016-06-03
Article Number
000066271
Applies To
Authentication Manager 7.1, SP2 or later
Issue
User has lost the Master Password.  This password is required for running the AM 8.x migration utility, among other functions.  In those rare cases where the Authentication Manager 7.1 master password has been lost, there is a way to reset it that does not require the fabled reset-master-password.jar file.
Tasks
This solution requires the following:
  1. access to the command line
  2. an Operations Console username and password
  3. a 7.1 system running SP2 or later
Resolution
  • Open a command prompt on the 7.1 Primary

  • login as rsaaadmin (sudo to rsaadmin if on the 7.1 hardware appliance)
  • cd to <RSA_HOME_DIR>/utils (/usr/local/RSASecurity/RSAAuthenticationManager/ on the hardware appliance)
  • run the following command (note that it starts with dot slash, and is Case Sensitive):

    ./rsautil manage-secrets -a change -N <NewMasterPassword> -u <OCAdminUser>

    ... where <NewMasterPassword> is the new master password and <OCAdminUser> is the Ops Console username referenced above. 

NOTE:  The following characters are not allowed in the Master Password: 

& ( ) [ ] { } ^ = ; ! ' + , ` ~ "

  • enter the password for the Operations Console user when prompted
  • the Master Password has now been reset.