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mrtolu6
Path Finder
06-28-2016
11:59 AM
I'm trying to reset the password on one of my indexers, but I do not see a passwd.bak file in the etc directory. All I see is the passwd file. How do I reset my password?
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jluo_splunk

Splunk Employee
06-28-2016
03:54 PM
If you delete that passwd file, and restart splunk, it should reset the credentials to admin // changeme.
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jluo_splunk

Splunk Employee
06-28-2016
03:54 PM
If you delete that passwd file, and restart splunk, it should reset the credentials to admin // changeme.
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mrtolu6
Path Finder
06-29-2016
08:37 AM
Thanks that worked!
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jluo_splunk

Splunk Employee
06-29-2016
02:50 PM
mrtolu6, would you mind selecting my answer as the answer if that worked for you? 😄
