I used yum to groupuninstall sipx along with deleting the postgres database 
then reinstalled.
I did the setup again and when I logged in, it prompted me for the new PIN.
However, no matter what I enter, it is responding with; The name "superadmin" 
is already being used by a user or service.



From: George Niculae 
Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 12:18 PM
To: m...@grounded.net ; Discussion list for users of sipXecs software 
Subject: Re: [sipx-users] 4.6.0 superadmin password lost


On Sep 23, 2012 8:08 PM, <m...@grounded.net> wrote:
>
> >I'm am not sure restoring  a 4.20 system to 4.6 would be advisable.
> >I doubt anyone is testing anything other than 4.4(latest) > 4.6(latest).
>
> First of all, I made a typo, sorry, I meant that the old system is a 4.4.0, 
> not 4.2.0.
>
> Second, one of the promises of 4.6.0 was being able to restore from a 4.4.0 
> system so figured I’d give it a try. If that’s not something which is working 
> yet, no big deal.
>

Restore is supported, to reset password do a

/etc/init.d/sipxconfig reset-admin

Use help to get the full list of options

George

> Of course, that gets me wondering out of curiosity...
>
> Can I now yum remove the sipx installation, then update the repo to 4.4.0 and 
> re-install? I would delete the postgres database and /etc/sipxpbx.
>
>  
>
> Mike
>
>  
>
>  
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> On Sep 23, 2012 12:25 PM, <m...@grounded.net> wrote:
>>
>> Thought I did.
>>  
>> I built a Centos 6.3 (fully updated) server then installed sipx 4.6.0 via 
>> rpm repo.
>> Once installed, I logged into the new server, entered a new PIN and was 
>> ready to configure the system.
>> I backed up a 4.2.0 server then copied the backup files onto the new 4.6.0 
>> server.
>> On the 4.6.0 server, I used the Restore to restore the settings from the 
>> 4.2.0 server I backed up.
>> I can’t seem to find a screen shot so can’t recall all of the options but I 
>> picked only the first two or three options which don’t deal with PIN’s.
>> After the server restored, it came back with a prompt at some point.
>> I then entered my new credentials but that didn’t work. I then tried my old 
>> ones from the backed up server and that didn’t work.
>>  
>> I have no other options that I know of other than to reset the superadmin 
>> password. However, any searching seems to lead to notes of previous versions 
>> than 4.6.0 along with commands that don’t seem to work on 4.6.0. I have not 
>> yet found information on how to restore the superadmin password on a 4.6.0 
>> system.
>>  
>> Mike
>>  
>>  
>> From: Tony Graziano
>> Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2012 10:36 AM
>> To: m...@grounded.net ; Sipx-users list
>> Subject: Re: [sipx-users] 4.6.0 superadmin password lost
>>  
>>
>> Explain the steps you have taken to get here.
>>
>> -- 
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>> Telephone: 434.984.8430
>> sip: tgrazi...@voice.myitdepartment.net
>> Fax: 434.465.6833
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>> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-graziano/14/4a6/7a4
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>> On Sep 23, 2012 11:31 AM, <m...@grounded.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Superadmin should be the one you had restored.
>>> >They logging in to the server at port 12000.
>>>
>>> I’m assuming you said try logging into the server on port 12000 but that 
>>> doesn’t seem to make any difference. Still getting
>>>
>>> ‘User ID and PIN combination is not valid’.
>>>
>>> I’ve also tried the backed up server password as well, along with no 
>>> password, etc, but no go.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Tony Graziano, Manager
>>> Telephone: 434.984.8430
>>> sip: tgrazi...@voice.myitdepartment.net
>>> Fax: 434.465.6833
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>>> 2013!
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>>> On Sep 23, 2012 10:19 AM, <m...@grounded.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I built a centos 6.3 server, added the sipxecs repo, installed from repo 
>>>> and everything went fine.
>>>>  
>>>> Searched for info on backing up a 4.2.0 server and restoring it on a new 
>>>> 4.6.0 server and found plenty of problems and pretty much only one 
>>>> solution mentioned by Tony about not including the superadmin account when 
>>>> restoring.
>>>>  
>>>> Other than more questions, there doesn’t seem to be much info out there on 
>>>> how to regenerate the superadmin account password on 4.6.0. All of the 
>>>> posts I’ve come across relate to older systems so none of the commands are 
>>>> the same.
>>>>  
>>>> Does anyone know how to set a new password for superadmin other than 
>>>> hacking the database table itself?
>>>>  
>>>> Mike
>>>>  
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