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How to reset the lost Weblogic Admin User password?
You installed OBIEE 11G and you did not write down the Weblogic Domain admin password, or
you’ve had it installed for a while and can’t remember what the password is to get into the
WebLogic Admin console to make a change. This post will help you do that so you can get on
with your business.
1. Make sure all the services are down
2. change directory to <Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainbin
cd <Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainbin
3. Source the setDomainEnv.cmd(Windows) / setDomainEnv.sh (Linux) script so we can get all
the WebLogic variables set correctly
In windows: setDomainEnv.cmd
In Linux: . setDomainEnv.sh
4. Now change the directory to security directory in your instance.
cd <Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainsecurity
5. Move the DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift to a backup file
In Windows:
mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit_old.ldift
In Linux:
mv DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift DefaultAuthenticatorInit_old.ldift
6. Run the “java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount newuser newpassword .” to generate a
new DefaultAuthenticatorInit.ldift with a new user with the assigned password within the
security directory
eg: java weblogic.security.utils.AdminAccount weblogic weblogic123 .
Note: replace newuser and newpassword with a user and password of your choosing. Ensure the
password is a minimum of 8 characters and contains at least one numeric character. Also, don’t
forget the period “.” at the end of the above command, it is required.

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7. Change directory to
<Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServersecurit
y
cd
<Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServers
ecurity
8. Edit the boot.properties file and replace newpassword and newusername with the user and
password you defined in step 6. Do this for all the servers in the domain.
password=newpassword
username=newusername
The boot.properties will get encrypted once the admin server starts up
9. Rename or remove directory
<Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServerdatald
ap as it will get recreated once the WebLogic Admin server starts.
e.g:
rename
<Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServer
dataldap
<Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainserversAdminServer
dataldap_OLD
10. Change directory to <Middleware_Home>user_projectsdomainsbifoundation_domainbin
and start the Weblogic Admin Server
In Windows: startWebLogic.cmd
In Linux: ./ startWebLogic.sh
11. Once the weblogic server is up, you’ll be able to login to Console with the new weblogic
Admin user and password.