DISCLAIMER: The information and links provided on this site are my personal notes, based on my limited experience installing, using, and deinstalling Oracle databases and application servers on a variety of computers using Windows NT/2000/XP operating systems. The installation and deinstallation procedures found here can cause irreversable loss of data and may damage your operating system. However, you are welcome to use them AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am in no way responsible for data you lose or operating systems you damage or destroy.

Introduction

The ias_admin user is the superuser account for the Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g. It is set during installation of infrastructures and middle-tier application servers and is used to log-in to the Enterprise Manager 10g (9.0.4) Control Console and the Web Cache Administration web pages. The procedures for changing the ias_admin password provided in the OracleAS 10g Adminsistrator's Guide for Windows are incorrect. This procedure can also be used if the ias_admin password is lost or forgotten. Below is the correct procedure, as explained in the OracleAS 10g (9.0.4) for Windows release notes:

Resetting the ias_admin Password

  1. Log in to the system as the user who installed the Oracle Application Server instance.
  2. Stop the Application Server Control.
    • ORACLE_HOME/bin/emctl stop iasconsole
  3. Locate and open the following file in a text editor:
    • ORACLE_HOME/sysman/j2ee/config/jazn-data.xml
  4. Locate the line that defines the credentials property for the ias_admin user.
    • <credentials>{903}buG0lUsQqTq0nQjdaKQRECL1kbs192mP</credentials>
  5. Replace the existing encrypted password with the new password.
  6. Be sure to prefix the password with an exclamation point (!). For example:
    • <credentials>!mynewpassword123</credentials>
  7. Start the Application Server Control.

References

OracleŽ Application Server Release Notes 10g (9.0.4) for Microsoft Windows, 3.5.10 Incorrect Administrator (ias_admin) Reset Password Reference in Oracle Application Server 10g Installation Guide

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