I've lost my splunk admin password, can it be recovered?

3	My dog ate my splunk admin password. Can I recover it? administration asked 22 Apr '10, 22:59 jrodman ♦ 5.8k●2●5●15 accept rate: 42%

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To reset the admin password you will need to have access to the file system: - move the $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/passwd file to passwd.bak - restart splunk. After the restart you should be able to login using the default login (admin/changeme).

If you created other user accounts, copy those entries from the backup file into the new passwd file and restart splunk.

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answered 22 Apr '10, 23:53

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oops! Perhaps mine should be deleted then.

(23 Apr '10, 07:54) jrodman ♦

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