Changing Your Advisor Server Password

For the Standalone installation, use the instructions below to request a new Advisor password. The new Advisor Server password will be entered manually every time you download updated Advisor data.

For the Direct Download installation, an extra step is required so that the Advisor Server password will be encrypted and stored in a configuration file for automatic downloads.

To change your Advisor server password:

  1. Submit a password change to Novell Technical Support.

  2. Novell will send you a new password.

  3. Perform the following steps if you are using the Direct Download configuration for Advisor. For UNIX login as Sentinel Administrator User or for Windows login with administrative rights.

  4. Go to:

For UNIX:

$ESEC_HOME/bin

For Windows:

%ESEC_HOME%\bin

  1. Enter the following commands:

For UNIX:

./adv_change_passwd.sh <newpassword>

For Windows:

adv_change_passwd.bat <newpassword>