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Chapter 2. Admin Server Configuration
of administrative tasks, such as starting, stopping, and restarting servers in a local server group. The
Administration Server Administrator is created for the purpose of logging into the Console when the
Directory Server is not running.
The Administration Server Administrator does not have an LDAP entry; it exists only as an entity in a
local configuration file, /etc/dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw.
Even though they are created at the same time during installation, and are identical at that time, the
Configuration Administrator and Administration Server Administrator are two separate entities. If you
change the username or password for one in the Console, the Console does not automatically make
the same changes for the other.
The Administration Server Administrator has full access to all configuration settings in the Admin
Server. The information for the admin user is set on the Access tab in the Console.
NOTE
The Admin Server administrator username and password are stored in the /etc/
dirsrv/admin-serv/admpw file. For example:
admin:{SHA}W6ph5Mm5Pz8GgiULbPgzG37mj9g=
The password is encrypted and cannot be changed directly in the admpw file. The
username can be changed in this file, but cannot be used to log into the Console unless
the password is updated in the Console first. For this reason, it is better to edit the
Administration Server Administrator username and password only through the Admin
Server Console.
To change the Administration Server Administrator's ID or password:
1. Open the Admin Server management window.
2. Click the Configuration tab.
3. Click the Access tab.
4. Change the admin user's name or password. The username is the ID given for logging into the
Admin Server.
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