Re: Changing the admin password

I looked a bit further into the problem: I just discovered that the user
"pjotr", which is the admin account, had been moved to
Library/WebServer/tenon/admin/Users/pjotr, at which level is also a
folder called "Deleted\", which is a strange thing. The user "pjotr" can
still be found under Users/, but it only contains the four FTP-related
folders. I have not deleted "pjotr", only changed the password. 

Another weird aspect: I suddenly found that the list of handled SendMail
domains had been emptied: it only contained localhost and "sphinx",
which is the machine name. I had to re-enter all the virtual domains
handled by the machine.

Has something reset the installation?

        / Peter 

Tenon Support wrote:
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Try changing it in the iTools Application.  It should work correctly
> and cause all of the realms to work correctly as well.
> 
> --Eric
> 
> >No, no, no... The bug had nothing to with iTools per se. Forget about
> >that. What my question is about changing the admin password. Nothing
> >else. Changing it makes it impossible to log in using the old one _or_
> >the new one. What is the best course of action to take in a situation
> >such as this? Reinstall?
> >
> >The problem seems to be that realms to which only the admin should have
> >access (using normal username/password authentication) do not accept
> >neither the old nor the new password.
> >
> >       / Peter
> >
> >Erik Lotspeich wrote:
> > >
> > > Peter,
> > >
> > > I do not know of any bug in Netscape that would give a problem changing
> > > Users settings with the Admin Server.  Do you have additional information?
> > >
> > > Using the "Set Admin Password" feature in the iTools application should
> > > set the password from whatever it was to the current value.  We have never
> > > seen a situation where this feature did not work.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Erik.
> > >
> > > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002, Peter Bengtson wrote:
> > >
> > > > Due to a bug in Netscape, my administrator name and password was
> > > > accidentally distributed on a mailing list. Therefore, I tried changing
> > > > the admin password using the iTools web interface, simply by changing
> > > > the password on the Users page, and then by using the iTools
> > > > application's "Set Admin Password" menu item, followed by a restart of
> > > > the computer.
> > > >
> > > > This resulted in very weird behaviour. I can no longer log in locally as
> > > > the admin user - both the new and the old password is rejected.
> > > > (Resetting the password to the old one makes it possible to log in
> > > > again.) Also, the authentication for realms to which the admin had
> > > > access is also screwed up in the same way. The iTools Manager
> > > > application behaves in the same way.
> > > >
> > > > Why doesn't this work, why aren't there any instructions anywhere on how
> > > > to proceed if one wants to change the admin password, and what
> >should I do?
> > > >
> > > >         / Peter Bengtson
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Re: Changing the admin password - help!
