JBoss 7 – admin password recovery

During the installation of the JBoss 7 in windows, we are asked to enter the username and password that can be used as admin account. In this article we will see how to recover the password for admin account,

1) Remove the admin account details from mgmt-user.properties file in the $JBOSS_HOME/standalone/configuration location

2) Once the details are removed run the add-user.bat file from the $JBOSS_HOME/bin location as

C:\Users\mjagadish\EAP-6.4.0\bin>add-user.bat

JAVA_HOME is not set. Unexpected results may occur.

Set JAVA_HOME to the directory of your local JDK to avoid this message.

What type of user do you wish to add?

a) Management User (mgmt-users.properties)

b) Application User (application-users.properties)

(a): a

Enter the details of the new user to add.

Realm (ManagementRealm) :

Username : admin

User 'admin' already exits, would you like to update the existing user password and roles

Is this correct yes/no? yes

Password requirements are listed below. To modify these restrictions edit the add-user.properties configuratio

n file.

- The password must not be one of the following restricted values {root, admin, administrator}

- The password must contain at least 8 characters, 1 alphabetic character(s), 1 digit(s), 1 non-alphanumeric

symbol(s)

- The password must be different from the username

Password :

Re-enter Password :

What groups do you want this user to belong to? (Please enter a comma separated list, or leave blank for none)

[ ]:

Updated user 'admin' to file 'C:\Users\mjagadish\EAP-6.4.0\standalone\configuration\mgmt-users.properties'

Updated user 'admin' to file 'C:\Users\mjagadish\EAP-6.4.0\domain\configuration\mgmt-users.properties'

Updated user 'admin' with groups to file 'C:\Users\mjagadish\EAP-.4.0\standalone\configuration\mgmt-groups.properties'

Updated user 'admin' with groups to file 'C:\Users\mjagadish\EAP-.4.0\domain\configuration\mgmt-groups.properties'

Is this new user going to be used for one AS process to connect to another AS process?

e.g. for a slave host controller connecting to the master or for a Remoting connection for server to server EJB calls. yes/no? yes

To represent the user add the following to the server-identities definition <secret value="amFnYWRlc2gxOTgyQA==" />

Press any key to continue . . .

Once this process is complete, you can login to the admin console using the new credentials.

NOTE - If you get JBAS015243: The user ‘admin’ already exists in at least one properties file. error, then you didn't complete steps 1.