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How can I unlock my admin user?

  • 1.  How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 02:32 PM
    I'm stupid.  I'll admit it.  I only created two accounts on my console and only one admin and now it's locked because I typed in the wrong password.  Any ideas how to unlock it?


  • 2.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 02:34 PM

    To reset the password, follow the below steps:

    Open a command prompt window.

    Navigate to the Tools subfolder in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager directory on the drive and location where you installed the manager.

    Note: The default installation path is C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\Tools

    From the command line run the batch file named "resetpass.bat" This will reset the password to a default user name and password of admin/admin.

    4. Following login, user will be prompted to change the password. The password may be the same as the previous password.



  • 3.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 02:40 PM
    Didn't work, it's still locked.


  • 4.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 02:50 PM
    What is the error that you are getting ???


  • 5.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 03:03 PM
    I'm not getting an error really.  I can run the resetpass.bat file.  It comes back with English and then apparently ends normally.  After that I try to login as admin/admin and it says that the admin account is locked.

    I'm willing to take the hit and point all my systems to a new server if I have to, but if I uninstall the server and reinstall it on the same machine, (small rural school, limited hardware available) will it clear or will it still have registry entries that will hang it up?



  • 6.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?
    Best Answer

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 03:06 PM
    Change the system time to one hour ahead and then run the resetpass.bat


  • 7.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 03:08 PM
    A reinstall will clear all the entries. but that will be the last step, try  the step of changing the time  and then see what happens


  • 8.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 03:14 PM
    If you're ever in North Central Pennsylvania I owe you a drink.  But why would setting the system time ahead an hour work?


  • 9.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 03:19 PM

    'Symantec Endpoint Protection: The Administrator account is locked'
    http://service1.symantec.com/support/ent-security.nsf/docid/2007112707590648?Open&seg=ent

    the acoount get locked when the Log on Attempt Threshold exceeds

    This is a database lock

    and is not controlled by the manager once set, so running resetpass or other utilities will not change the locked state or time wait required for next log in

    .


  • 10.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 06:55 PM
    Very good info. Thanks all.


  • 11.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 07:28 PM
    Hi there same thing happened to me "lost the admin password" but I am running SMS SMTP in Fedora. How do I reset the admin password?

    Thanks very much.


  • 12.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 08:44 PM
    I was able to get into the DB and change the admin user password in admin_user table. It doesn't work. Is SMS SMTP using any of MySQL password encryption? What is SMS SMTP password encryption? Anyone? Thanks very much.


  • 13.  RE: How can I unlock my admin user?

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 08:54 PM
    I think this an Antivirus Thread you will get you solution in mail security thread.