Resetting the console password for Threat Discovery Appliance (TDA)

- Updated:
- 14 Apr 2016
- Product/Version:
- Threat Discovery Appliance 2.0
- Threat Discovery Appliance 2.5
- Platform:
- Not Applicable N/A

Summary

You can use this procedure to reset the password to the TDA web console in case you forget it.

Details

Please do the following:

Boot the system with the recovery CD.
When the boot prompt appears, type "qq" in the command line and then press Enter.
Mount the password configuration file to the /mnt folder. Execute this command to do so:
%mount /dev/sda5 /mnt
Use a text editor, like vi, to edit the igsa.conf file.
Look for the password content and paste the following to the configuration file:
<system> <password value "21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3"/></system>
Save the settings and then close the file.
Boot the TDA system and then log in using the default password, "admin".

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Troubleshoot

Solution Id:

1056805

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