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title: Delete UUID to propagate changed password
description: You can change the password on a single ASE node and propagate the change to other nodes in the ASE cluster. To do this, you need to copy the /data directory of the ASE node on which the password has been modified to the other nodes in the cluster.
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revdate: March 28, 2024
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# Delete UUID to propagate changed password

You can change the password on a single ASE node and propagate the change to other nodes in the ASE cluster. To do this, you need to copy the `/data` directory of the ASE node on which the password has been modified to the other nodes in the cluster.

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|   | The `ase.store` file in the ASE `/data` directory stores the password information, and also the universally unique identifier ( UUID ) of the ASE node. It is important to delete the UUID of the ASE node with modified password before copying its `/data` directory to the other nodes in the cluster. This avoids cluster synchronization issues due to duplicate UUIDs. |

Follow these steps to propogate the changed password to all the nodes in an ASE cluster:

1. Change the password for the ASE node. For more information, see [Change Admin password](pingintelligence_changing_default_settings.html).

2. Stop the ASE node by following the instructions explained in [Stop ASE](pingintelligence_starting_and_stopping_ase.html).

3. Run the `delete-uuid` script.

   ```
   /opt/pingidentity/ase# ./util/delete-uuid
   Deleting uuid  02cdf7b3-dfb7-4d5b-b9a1-171e89664d11
   Success
   ```

4. Verify the successful deletion of UUID by re-executing the `delete-uuid` script.

   ```
   /opt/pingidentity/ase# ./util/delete-uuid
   uuid does not exist in database
   ```

5. Copy the `/data` directory to other nodes in the cluster.