Adding an IBM WebSphere Application Server administrator user to an internal user registry

If you do not know the WebSphere® Application Server administrator user and password, you can create a user in the internal user registry.

Symptom

You are using the internal user registry and you do not know the WebSphere Application Server administrator user and password.

The password changed, or the user was deleted.

The IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server installation directory is shown as install_home in the following commands.

AIX® Linux

Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

Log in to the services tier computer as root.
Enter the following command to add a user with administrator privileges to the InfoSphere Information Server internal user registry:
```
install_home/ASBServer/bin/DirectoryAdmin.sh -user -admin 
     -userid new_user_name -password new_password
```
Enter the following AppServerAdmin command to update the user name or password within the WebSphere Application Server configuration:
```
/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBServer/bin/AppServerAdmin.sh 
-was -user name -password password 
```

Microsoft Windows

Follow these steps to resolve the problem:

Log in to the services tier computer as a user with administrator privileges.
Enter the following command to add a user with administration privileges to the InfoSphere Information Server internal user registry:
```
install_home\ASBServer\bin\DirectoryAdmin.bat -user -admin 
     -userid new_user_name -password new_password
```
Enter the following AppServerAdmin command to update the user name or password within the WebSphere Application Server configuration:
```
C:\IBM\InformationServer\ASBServer\bin\AppServerAdmin.bat 
-was -user name -password password 
```