Changing the Password of a Predefined User

DefaultUser. This is the owner of all predefined objects. The predefined password for this user is PwdFor_CS21. You should change this password as soon as possible after you have installed CentraSite.

guest. This user is configured to have access to only some resources, and for those resources to have only read access. The predefined password for this user is guest.

If you wish to protect all data in the CentraSite Registry/Repository from read accesses from guest users you can change the password of this user.

UDDIsubscriptionUser. This user is used for communication between the application server and the CentraSite UDDI server. The predefined password for this user is UDDI4CentraSite.

PurgeUser. This is a user who can purge log records. The predefined password for this user is LogPurger4CS.

EventsUser. The CentraSite Events Listener will use this user name for authentication before persisting event data to the RuntimeEvents Collection database. The predefined password for this user is EventsManager4CS. You can change this password or, alternatively you can change the "EventsUser" to a login user by configuring the Event Receiver.

Caution:

You cannot log on to CentraSite Control using the user ID/password combination for any of these predefined users. Guest users can log on to CentraSite Control without a password by using the Browse as Guest link on the login page.

If you wish to change the password of a predefined user, use a command of the following format:

CentrasiteCommand set Password [-url <CENTRASITE-URL>] -user <USER-ID>
-password <PASSWORD> -predefinedUser <PREDEFINED-USER>
-newPassword <NEW-PASSWORD>

The following table describes the complete set of input parameters that you can use with the set Password utility:

Parameter	Description
-url	The fully qualified URL (http://localhost:53307/CentraSite/CentraSite) for the CentraSite registry/repository.
-user	The user ID of a user who has the CentraSite Administrator role.
-password	The password of the user identified by the parameter -user.
-predefinedUser	The user ID of the predefined user whose password you wish to change.
-newPassword	The new password for the predefined user.

CentrasiteCommand set Password
-url http://localhost:53307/Centrasite/Centrasite -user AdminUser -password ABCXYZ123
-predefinedUser DefaultUser -newPassword MyPassword2

Note:

When the password for a predefined user has been changed, any application using this user needs to be adapted to use the new password.