title: Oracle Webcache Manager password resets link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2010/03/05/oracle-webcache-manager-password-resets/ author: lembobro description: post_id: 181 created: 2010/03/05 20:18:55 created_gmt: 2010/03/05 20:18:55 comment_status: open post_name: oracle-webcache-manager-password-resets status: publish post_type: post

As far as I know the only documented way to reset either the Webcache Manager web Console administrator or invalidator passwords in Oracle 10g AS is to use either the Manager web Console itself or the IAS Console. Both require you know the old password.

Right.

Anyway, here’s how you do it if you’re a real sysadmin.

1. Shut down Webcache using an opmnctl stop (unless you foolishly installed it into the same $ORACLE_HOME as other components, in which case you’ll need to be more … surgical using opmnctl stopproc).

2. Go to the Webcache $ORACLE_HOME/webcache directory and backup webcache.xml, then open the original in your favorite text editor.

3. Find the section. USER TYPE “MONITORING” refers to the administrator account. “INVALIDATION” to the invalidator account.

To change the password you need to replace whatever value follows PASSWORDHASH with another hash value.

The value

B3ACA92C793EE0E9B1A9B0A5F5FC044E05140DF3

this will reset the password to “administrator”.

So, for example:

<USER TYPE="MONITORING" PASSWORDHASH="B3ACA92C793EE0E9B1A9B0A5F5FC044E05140DF3"/>

changes the administrator password to “administrator”.

(note that 82F2CC0F5A9E82865AC2B48665C2953F43F9181C would make the password “invalidator”)

4. Start up Webcache again (preferably with opmnctl).

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