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KuldeepK · ‎11-20-2015

I have forgotten my ranger UI admin password. could you please help ?

sneethiraj · ‎11-20-2015

If you forget the admin password, you can reset it by executing db sql:

update x_portal_user set password = 'ceb4f32325eda6142bd65215f4c0f371' where login_id = 'admin';

This will reset the password to 'admin'. Then, they should change the password via UI.

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lvazquez · ‎09-16-2018

The previous answer gives the response on how to reset the password in Ranger for a fixed user/password combination with the value "admin:admin". But if you want to reset or check the password value on Ranger for any user or password combination you have to use the following.

Passwords in Ranger are saved in the password column of the x_portal_user table as MD5 hashes in the format password{login}. For instance the hash for the amb_ranger_admin account with secret123 as password will be as follows:

$ echo -n 'secret123{amb_ranger_admin}' | md5sum
 md5sum4d9f6af4210833cb982d27c9042d9ac1  -

Of course you may also use this and pgsql/mysql to change the password for any user via command line as requested by another user.

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nsabharwal · ‎11-20-2015

@kkulkarni what's the database flavor ?

KuldeepK · ‎11-20-2015

mysql-5.1.73

JeffG · ‎01-24-2021

I was just able to confirm that the update command listed is Postgresql database flavor.

nsabharwal · ‎11-20-2015

@kkulkarni You can reset admin user password in mysql database. reset to admin

update x_portal_user set password = 'ceb4f32325eda6142bd65215f4c0f371' where login_id = 'admin' ;

KuldeepK · ‎11-21-2015

Thank you so much @Neeraj Sabharwal

sneethiraj · ‎11-20-2015

If you forget the admin password, you can reset it by executing db sql:

update x_portal_user set password = 'ceb4f32325eda6142bd65215f4c0f371' where login_id = 'admin';

This will reset the password to 'admin'. Then, they should change the password via UI.

KuldeepK · ‎11-21-2015

Thank you so much @sneethiraj 🙂

gbraccialli3 · ‎12-01-2015

dont forget to change password in ambari as well, otherwise you will have issues restarting services:

https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/1929/changing-ranger-ui-password-causing-namenode-issue....

teravaidya · ‎05-21-2017

Hi, is there anyway to change Ranger UI admin password through command line?

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