Change the administrative password - PingDirectory

Page created: 26 Jul 2021 |

Page updated: 14 Jan 2022

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9.0 Product PingDirectory Directory Capability Product documentation Content Type Administration User task IT Administrator Administrator Audience System Administrator Software Deployment Method

Root users are governed by the Root Password Policy and by default, their passwords never expire. However, if a root user's password must be changed, use the ldappasswordmodify tool.

Open a text editor and create a text file containing the new password. In this example, name the file rootuser.txt.
```
$ echo password > rootuser.txt
```

Use ldappasswordmodify to change the root user’s password.

$ bin/ldappasswordmodify --port 1389 --bindDN "cn=Directory Manager" \
--bindPassword secret --newPasswordFile rootuser.txt

Remove the text file.
```
$ rm rootuser.txt
```