[Geoserver-users] How can I change the geofence default admin password?

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Using GeoServer 2.7.2.

After setting up a user database with geofence, I can still login at the geofence console with admin/geofence. The admin user I setup has different settings than that. My GF_ schema is in Oracle and from looking at it I’d say this admin account is modeled by the GF_GFUSER table where I see a “Default admin” (FULLNAME) user.

How can I change the password of that user? Am I missing something in the geofence GUI for that? I’m not sure how I would set the password in its properly encoded form. I tried setting the password in GF_GFUSER to that of another account I setup in the GF_GSUSER table but that does not work. Then I can’t login at all. So I put it back like it was.

I’d like to be able to visit the geofence console from outside my firewall with a secure login if possible.

Thanks, Walter Stovall

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Hi Walter,

as you noticed, gf_gfuser contains info for the users that can login into
GeoFence, while gf_gsuser contains info about GeoServer users.

There are no facilities on the UI to update the geofence admin pw.
The pw is stored as a MD5 hash in the DB.
In order to change the pw on the DB, you have to create the MD5 of your
choosen pw: i.e

   echo -n YOUR_PASSWORD | md5sum

and then set it into the DB.

   Cheers,
   Emanuele

Alle 18:55:59 di Tuesday 29 September 2015, Walter Stovall ha scritto:

Using GeoServer 2.7.2.

After setting up a user database with geofence, I can still login at the
geofence console with admin/geofence. The admin user I setup has
different settings than that. My GF_ schema is in Oracle and from looking
at it I'd say this admin account is modeled by the GF_GFUSER table where I
see a "Default admin" (FULLNAME) user.

How can I change the password of that user? Am I missing something in the
geofence GUI for that? I'm not sure how I would set the password in its
properly encoded form. I tried setting the password in GF_GFUSER to that
of another account I setup in the GF_GSUSER table but that does not work.
Then I can't login at all. So I put it back like it was.

I'd like to be able to visit the geofence console from outside my firewall
with a secure login if possible.

Thanks, Walter Stovall

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