[chef] Re: Re: Reset Webui Admin Password

[Russell Seymour < >]

Charlie,

Thanks very much for this.

After I sent this email I did some more searching and found a script that you can run from the command line to set the password for any user.

Have a look at http://blog.blankpad.net/2010/10/06/resetting-a-users-password-in-chef/

Thanks again, Russell


On 02/02/2011 13:57, Charles Sullivan wrote:

" type="cite">Russell,

I believe you can edit the user in CouchDB.  Go to URL similar to this for your install.   http://localhost:5984/_utils/database.html?chef/_design/users/_view/all

I did this once before, and I think if you remove the password for the admin user it will authenticate with the default Chef password.  Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

--Charlie

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 6:05 AM, Russell Seymour < "> > wrote:

Good morning,

When I configured the webui I set a complicated password, which I still have.  However for some reason by installation will not let me in now.  I do not know what has happened yet, but suspect it is a configuration thing I have done, but I would like to get into the website.

Please could someone tell me how to reset the admin password?

Thanks in advance, Russell

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Charles Sullivan
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