How to retrieve it or reset keystore password?

[Former Member]

Dear SAP hana experts:

We have an SAP hana (SP5) system that we forget its keystore password.

It is NOT changeit because we have tried it. The previous admin of this system left company.

Could you please tell how to retrieve or reset this password?

Thanks!

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Christina,

If Atul's mention can not resolve your issue, you can delete content in secure store respective and re-add related system again base on your account and password.

Hope this can help you.

Regards,

Jerry.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Dear Hana experts:

-- We do not need the key store password for any application yet. We just want to standardize

   the passwords per company's policy. Since we do not know it, we want to reset it anyway.

-- go to hana studio-- window--presfrences--general---security--secure store

   I will try this after installing the studio.

-- We also find an OSS note 1886185, it says:

Create a keystore file

1. Login to the SAP HANA system
2. Create a file called catalina.properties
3. In this new file put in the following information
   keystore.password=***** (***** is the keystore password)
4. Save the file to <SUM_DIR>/config
5. Restart SAP HANA studio
6. Run Lifecycle Management

Could you please tell : is this equivalent to what Atul said?

Thanks for help.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Christina,

Your posted message, it is created on HANA server side, we suggested that you create it on your local HANA studio machine. So it is different, I think.

Hope this can help you.

Regards,

Jerry.

[muzavor · Accepted solution]

Hi Christina,

catalina.properties only holds the password, it oes not reset any password.

You will need to save the existing password in catalina.properties ,this will ensure that the service reads password and does not prompt for a password.

Hope this brief information is helpful

Regards

Shaik Arshad

[AtulKumarJain]

Hi,

go to hana studio-- window--presfrences--general---security--secure store 

here you will get option for change password/recover password clear password

Please check and use it.

BR
Atul

[muzavor]

Hi Christina,

Could you provide more info as too what the keystore is being used for.

I don't think that there is a simple way to get the password back. I have yet to come across anyone with a solution for password retrieval.

Once the password is lost then one will have to recreate a new keystore and do key generation using keytool all over again.

I have done this when we were facing an issue with a client having a HANA Prototype

Kindly do provide a bit more of detailed overview of your scenario for a suitable workaround.

Thanks

Best regards

Shaik Arshad