Ok, you tried to dump the master password. Obviously, the user owning the geoserver process has no linux write permission. Try to dump on /tmp/mymasterpw.txt
Cheers On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:33 PM, Peter Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Christian, > I have tried that and all I can get is the response: > “java.io.FileNotFoundException: {every filename I try} (Permission denied)” > Do I need to change some permissions somewhere? > Peter > > *From:* Christian Mueller <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, April 4, 2016 12:21 PM > *To:* Peter Cooper <[email protected]> > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [Geoserver-users] Cannot find Root/Master password > > Hi Peter > > Login as admin and go to Security-->Passwords. You can change the master > pw. If you do not know the current master password, you can export it to a > file. > > Cheers > Christian > > On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Peter Cooper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have recently installed GeoServer 2.8.3 on Tomcat7 on Ubuntu 14.04 >> LTS, alongside Apache2. I am new to Ubuntu, but GeoServer seems to work >> fine for me. I have admin access, and have changed the admin password. >> >> I am getting the message: “The master password for this server has not >> been changed from the default. It is highly recommended that you change it >> now”. >> >> According to the documentation there should be a file named security/ >> masterpw.info where the master password is stored using plain text. I >> cannot find that file, so I cannot find or change the master password. >> Among others, there are the following password-looking files in folder >> security: >> >> - masterpw.digest >> - masterpw.xml >> - masterpw/default/passwd >> >> I note a similar question on StackExchange: >> http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/107265/geoserver-change-master-password-masterpw-info-missing. >> The answers (in late 2015) leave it up in the air, and there is no setting >> to "pipe the master password out to a file. >> >> When I installed Geoserver on Windows a few months ago, I managed to find >> the file and change the root password OK, but not this time. >> >> What can I do to find or change the root/master password? >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Geoserver-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users >> >> > > > -- > DI Christian Mueller MSc (GIS), MSc (IT-Security) > OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH > > -- DI Christian Mueller MSc (GIS), MSc (IT-Security) OSS Open Source Solutions GmbH
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