Login Woes

[isiddiqui004]

I downloaded and installed Windows version of Splunk. But its not accepting my login ID and Password. What should I do?

[isiddiqui004]

not accepting the default login and password, admin/changeme
what do I do now?

[niketn]

@isiddiqui004, even after steps form the answer link posted above?

[jkat54]

I witnessed the same where someone installed 7.0.x and couldn’t reset admin pw by removing passwd and restarting. I didn’t have much time to diagnose and recommended a reinstall.

It wasn’t recreating the passwd file. It was windows as well.

[xpac]

Which version did you install?

[isiddiqui004]

One more thing..this is Windows PC 64bit..not a Linux install.

[niketn]

@isiddiqui004, have you changed the default credentials i.e. admin/changeme? If you have and forgotten the same you can refer to the following answer to reset your password

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/553381/how-do-i-reset-my-password-for-splunk-enterprise-i.html

If this is for personal use, you can always re-install 🙂