> I also tried resetting the instance secret back to default using the CLI but I got another error.
The 'instance.secret' property is not ZooKeeper mutable. Therefore, it cannot be set in the shell. It must be set in accumulo-site.xml on all nodes. On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Geoffry Roberts <threadedb...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wound up doing a fresh init. > > Thanks for telling me about the --reset-security flag for init. I hadn't > seen that before. It didn't work, however, Accumulo just threw an error. > I also tried resetting the instance secret back to default using the CLI > but I got another error. > > The fresh init did resolve some of the errors I was seeing in the logs. > > Thanks for you help > > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 3:05 PM, Mike Walch <mwa...@apache.org> wrote: > >> Hi Geoffry, >> >> You cannot change the root password by changing accumulo-site.xml. This >> can only be done using 'accumulo init --reset-security'. >> >> What property did you change in accumulo-site.xml? 'trace.password' or >> 'instance.secret'? >> >> The property 'trace.password' sets the password for the user used by the >> tracer. This user used by the tracer is typically 'root' which is the >> default for the property 'trace.user'. >> >> The property 'instance.secret' sets a secret unique to the Accumulo >> instance that all servers must know in order to communicate with one >> another. This is typically different than the root password. >> >> If you changed 'trace.password', just change it back to your original >> root password. If you changed 'instance.secret', try set it back to its >> original value. The default value for 'instance.secret' is 'DEFAULT'. If >> you don't know the original value, >> the manual has information on how to change the secret: >> >> https://accumulo.apache.org/1.9/accumulo_user_manual.html#_i >> nstance_secret >> >> I hope that helps. >> >> -Mike >> >> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 1:52 PM, Geoffry Roberts <threadedb...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> How can I fix this? >>> >>> I have managed to get the passwords out of synch on my root account. >>> IOTW The login password for root no longer matches accumulo-site.xml. The >>> tracer is complaining like this: >>> >>> org.apache.accumulo.core.client.AccumuloSecurityException: Error >>> BAD_CREDENTIALS for user root - Username or Password is Invalid >>> >>> I tried manually synching them up by changing accumulo-site.xml. Now >>> the tserver is unhappy: >>> >>> org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException$NoAuthException: KeeperErrorCode = >>> NoAuth for /accumulo/1f58627f-ba20-4e68-bd4c-927f99230de4/tservers/loca >>> lhost:9997 >>> >>> >>> Either way I am getting connection reset by peer when I try to connect >>> from a remote. >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any help >>> -- >>> There are ways and there are ways, >>> >>> Geoffry Roberts >>> >> >> > > > -- > There are ways and there are ways, > > Geoffry Roberts >
