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password reset

pm11
Engager

Hi, I am very new to this environment and i was having a trouble in login as I have forgot the password and admin detail is there any way, I can reset it. 

 

thanks  

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SanjayReddy
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @pm11 

please follow below steps to reset password
go to  <SPlunk installation directory>/splunk/etc/ 

under this location file called passwd 

rename it to passwd.backup 

go to following location 

<SPlunk installation directory>/splunk/etc/system/local

create new file user-seed.conf 
inside user-seed file 

add following contents 

[user_info]
USERNAME = admin
PASSWORD = <newpassword>



and restart splunk from cmd 

<SPlunk installation directory>/splunl/bin/

 

splunk restart 



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Regards,
Sanjay Reddy

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