How to change admin-console or jmx-console password in the property file in EAP 5

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Issue

  • How to change the password specified in $JBOSS_EAP_HOME/server/$PROFILE/conf/props/jmx-console-users.properties file?
  • Can not login to jmx-console
  • java.lang.SecurityException: [Warning] Authentication exception, principal=jboss
  • How to create user to login in Admin-console ?
  • Can we change Admin Password of Jboss console using command line?
  • Do we need to restart the servers to reflect the values.
  • What is recommendation of managing password of admin console, how soon need to change the password.
  • How to create login credential for Admin Console, JMX-Console?
  • Getting the following exception after changing the password in $JBOSS_EAP_HOME/server/$PROFILE/conf/props/jmx-console-users.properties:
javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException: Password Incorrect/Password Required
    at org.jboss.security.auth.spi.UsernamePasswordLoginModule.login(UsernamePasswordLoginModule.java:252)
    at org.jboss.security.auth.spi.UsersRolesLoginModule.login(UsersRolesLoginModule.java:152)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
...

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 5.x
  • File based JAAS provider -- this is the default configuration

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