topic How to recover the old password in splunk? in Security https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12214#M193 <P>Can any one please let us know how to recover password in splunk ?</P> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:22:26 GMT nikhilkotagiri 2010-04-24T02:22:26Z How to recover the old password in splunk? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12214#M193 <P>Can any one please let us know how to recover password in splunk ?</P> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:22:26 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12214#M193 nikhilkotagiri 2010-04-24T02:22:26Z Re: How to recover the old password in splunk? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12215#M194 <P>You can rename the passwd file to passwd.bak and restart splunk. You should be able to use the default login.</P> <P>These 2 answers are similar to your question.</P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/questions/1718/ive-lost-my-splunk-admin-password-can-it-be-recovered" rel="nofollow">http://answers.splunk.com/questions/1718/ive-lost-my-splunk-admin-password-can-it-be-recovered</A></P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/questions/834/how-could-i-reset-the-admin-password" rel="nofollow">http://answers.splunk.com/questions/834/how-could-i-reset-the-admin-password</A></P> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:24:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12215#M194 BunnyHop 2010-04-24T02:24:05Z Re: How to recover the old password in splunk? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12216#M195 <P>Yes, I saw those links already but those are not an answer to my question?</P> <P>If i understood correctly from those tow links , they are specifically fro resetting the password, but i need to recover my password(means i am not supposed to change the old password)</P> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 02:36:23 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12216#M195 nikhilkotagiri 2010-04-24T02:36:23Z Re: How to recover the old password in splunk? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12217#M196 <P>Unfortunately, it is not possible to recover your password. <BR /> For security concerns, we are only offering to reset your password (as explained in the postings above). <BR /> Once your password has been reset, you can change to the password you like or the one respecting you IT password policy.</P> Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:39:52 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Security/How-to-recover-the-old-password-in-splunk/m-p/12217#M196 Lionel 2010-04-24T04:39:52Z