How to reset the Red Hat Certificate System admin password

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Detailed steps to manually reset the password of the uid=admin when the PKI console cannot be used, using the LDAP Directory Manager credentials.


Some preparation work first: Locate the command pwdhash from 389-ds-base or redhat-ds-base package, for exmple: rpm -qf /usr/bin/pwdhash redhat-ds-base-8.2.1-1.el5dsrv Locate the internal DB configuration of the Red Hat Certi...

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