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how to reset admin password in splunk 8?

3DGjos
Communicator

Hello, i'm trying to retrieve my lab's admin account but no success.

I tried the method of deleting the passwd file plus create user-seed.conf in system/local but didn't worked.

any ideas? Thanks!

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

The easiest way is to just to reset it by adding a user-seed.conf, deleting the existing entry in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd, then restarting splunk:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/User-seedconf

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

The easiest way is to just to reset it by adding a user-seed.conf, deleting the existing entry in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd, then restarting splunk:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/User-seedconf

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mdsnmss
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Have you tried resetting the password hash? i haven't tested it in 8 but a good write-up on it is available here: https://www.hurricanelabs.com/splunk-tutorials/splunk-7-1-performing-a-splunk-password-reset

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3DGjos
Communicator

Sorry for the delay in my answer, the link goes 404 😞

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mdsnmss
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Looks like the hyperlink added the period onto it and broke the link. I just removed the period from the link and it should work now.

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