Issue : To reset the password for the OpenDS administrator password.


Steps to be carried out:


  1. Go to command prompt.

  2. Specify the path of OpenDS installation directory till bat folder. As shown in below screen and type the command “encode-password --storageScheme SSHA512 --clearPassword password” (specify the new password in password tag) like “encode-password --storageScheme SSHA512 --clearPassword Seclore@123” and press “Enter”




       3. It will generate a new encoded password link as show in below screen


       4. Copy the encoded password link

       5. Stop OpenDS service (by using services.msc)

       6. Goto “..\OpenDS-2.2.1\config\” and open “config.ldif”.

         7. In “config.ldif” search for “userpassword” & replace the link with newly generated link (Make sure that there should not be “”at the start and at the end) as shown in below screen and save file.

       8.Start OpenDS service (using services.msc) & Open the OpenDS console with new password.



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