NW2004s Testdrive Linux: SAP * Password - too many failed attempts

[Former Member]

I was almost there, but was silly enough to enter the wrong SAP* password in SAPGUI.

How can reset the SAP* password, if license has not yet been entered?

The message is: "Password logon no longer possible - too many failed attempts"

UPDATE. I've logged in with client 000 (instead of 001) with SAP* and installed the license (successfull as it seems). But I can't still login with i.e. DDIC and DEVELOPER (Logon not possible - error in license check), neither in 001 nor in 000. Nor can i login in 001 with SAP*.

What can i do about it?

Thank you for your help - i'd never got finished with install, if not searching through SAP forums, i think.

P.S. one of the most helpfull links was this one [http://www.ludosmith.com/site/index.php?page=sap_eval_install]

Edited by: Alexei Vinogradov on Jan 15, 2009 1:55 AM

[steffen_wetzler]

Hi,

i have exactly the same problem. I wanted to install a new license, but SAP* is locked in client 001 & 000.

Password logon no longer possible - too many failed attempts.

What can I do? Can I reset the PW?

Thank you

[steffen_wetzler]

SOLUTION.

How to reactivate locked SAP*

1. Connect to the Server as <sid>adm

2. Open CMD and connect to the DB

a. sqlplus /nolog

b. connect /@<DB ID> as sysdba

3. Enter commands:

a. DESCRIBE <DBSCHEMA>.usr02

i. Shows the contents of the table

b. SELECT bname FROM <DBSCHEMA>.usr02 WHERE mandt=u2019000u2019;

i. Shows the users maintained in the Table for mandant 000

c. DELETE FROM <DBSCHEMA>.usr02 WHERE bname=u2019SAP*u2019 AND mandt=u2019000u2019;

i. Deletes the row containing the entries for SAP* user

d. COMMIT;

i. Makes sure the changes are written to the DB

e. SELECT bname FROM <DBSCHEMA>.usr02 WHERE mandt=u2019000u2019;

i. To verify the SAP* user entry was deleted

4. Browse in Windows Explorer to ..\usr\sap\<SID>\SYS\profile

a. Open Default.pfl

b Paste following parameter at the end:

i. login/no_automatic_user_sapstar = 0

5. Restart the System.

6. Logon to the SAP system with possible passwords:

a. PASS

b. 19920706

c. 06071992

[Former Member]

Hi,

Password for the hardcoded SAP* user is "pass".

You should use "pass" as a password for SAP* after deleting it at database level.

Regards.

Rajesh Narkhede

[Former Member]

The trick was, that the HardwareID was changed, and therefore the license was installed but not activated.

So, i've requested a new one at http://www.sap.com/minisap

While installing the message "System-Number is not .... but in license is ...." came up, so i went and change it in the license file. Then it worked!!! (SAP* at 001 client is still not logginable, though).