5.7 Changing the Agent User Password

When the Messaging Agent and Archive Agent are installed, the user’s eDirectory password that is used to read the configuration that starts the agents is stored in the startup file for each agent. The password is obfuscated to prevent the password from being read.

The NMPassword utility is used to change the password in the startup file for both the Messaging Agent and the Archive Agent.

For additional information on how to use NMPassword, see Section 2.4, Changing the Agent User Password.

5.7.1 Changing the Agent User Password on Windows

Before starting to use the utility, you must verify that a drive is mapped to the location of the startup file.

To change the password:

  1. In Windows, click Start > Run, then enter cmd to open a command window.

  2. Use the following command to change the password:

    c:\gwm30\server\utility\nmpwd\nmpwd.exe --startup=<path to startup file> --password=<new password>

5.7.2 Changing the Agent User Password on Linux

  1. Change to the /opt/novell/messenger/bin/ directory.

  2. Become root by entering sux and the root password.

  3. Use the following command to change the password:

    ./nmpwd --startup=<path to startup file> --password=<new password>