forgotten maxdb password

[Former Member]

i have installed sap nw platform abap trial version. it was two week ago and today i cannot reach my maxdb.

what can i do thanks for all the advises

[Former Member]

thank you very much. i will try it as soon as possible

[Former Member]

thanks a lot but i tried them but it says in a dialog window user authorization failed :S

[lbreddemann]

Hi again,

well, too bad - forgetting administrator passwords is never a good idea. Unfortunately with MaxDB it's not easy to get around this (it's just too secure ...).

What you can try is to reset the CONTROL password as described in note:

396492 Changing a CONTROL user

After that you may be lucky to change the other passwords as described in note

25591 Changing the DBM, SYSDBA and DBA user passwords

Well, anyhow: if you are an SAP customer than open a support message for this. Otherwise reinstalling the database might be the last option.

best regads,

Lars

[lbreddemann]

Hi there!

Forgetting passwords is always a bad thing...

Well, the next best thing you can do is to:

1. try wether you can remember the CONTROL and/or the SUPERDBA password.

2. Check wether the logon via dbmcli and the XUSER data is still possible:

dbmcli -U c --> does it work?

dbmcli -U w --> does it work?

dbmcli -U c -USQL w --> does it work?

dbmcli -U c -USQL DEFAULT --> does it work?

3. Check the standard passwords:

CONTROL / CONTROL

SUPERDBA / ADMIN

SAPR3 / SAP

SAP<SID>/SAP

Does any of those steps work?

regards,

Lars