Changing the DB2 password
After you install the DB2 database of the Endpoint Manager server, you can change the database password by performing the following steps:
- Stop the berserver service:
service besserver stop
- Open the configuration file: /var/opt/BESServer/besserver.config
- Go to [Software\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\Settings\Client\_BESServer_Database_Password] and
change:
with the new DB2 password, such asvalue = ""
value = "db2newpassword"
- Open the configuration file: /var/opt/BESWebReportsServer/beswebreports.config
- Go to [Software\BigFix\Enterprise Server\FillAggregateDB] and
change:
with the new DB2 password, such asvalue = ""
value = "db2newpassword"
- Restart the besserver service:
At restart passwords are obfuscated and substituted again with "" in the configuration files.service besserver restart