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Background documentationChanging Passwords of the SAP System Users  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

This section provides information about the SAP system users and the passwords you need to change. The users are as follows:

SAP System Users

User

Function

<SID>ADM

      User under which the work processes on System i and Linux run

      User for access to the ABAP database

SAP<SID>DB

User for access to Java database

SAPService<SID>

User under which the work processes on Windows application servers run

Procedure

Note

Change the initial passwords of <SID>ADM and SAP<SID>DB to protect your system against unwanted access.

User <SID>ADM

To change the <SID>ADM user password, proceed as follows:

Caution

This password must be the same on all hosts.

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      To change the password at operating system level on the System i database server and each System i application server, enter command:

CHGUSRPRF

      To change the operating system level password  on each Windows application server, enter in a command prompt:

C:\>lusrmgr.msc
Right-click on <SID>ADM and choose Set Password.

      To change the password at operating system level on each LinuxPPC application server, enter in the command line:

passwd

      When using either or both Windows and LinuxPPC application servers, you also need to change the encrypted database password in NTLOGON.INF with setdb4pwd. For more information, see SAP Note 705886.

User SAP<SID>DB

To change the SAP<SID>DB user password, proceed as follows:

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      To change the operating system level password on the System i database server, enter command:

CHGUSRPRF

      To change the JDBC URL password in secure store, you need to use the Config Tool as follows:

                            a.      In the Windows Explorer, go to the following directory: \\<centralhost>\sapmnt\<SID>\<AnyInst>\j2ee\configtool

                            b.      To change the password, double-click configtool.bat.

                            c.      Navigate to secure store and change the entry of jdbc/pool/<SID>/Password.

User SAPService<SID> on Windows Application Servers

      To change the password at operating system level on each Windows application server, enter in a command prompt:

C:\>lusrmgr.msc
Right-click on
<SID>ADM and choose Set Password.

      Using the services control manager modify the logon properties of the SAP<SID>_<INST> services to match the newly chosen password:

C:\>services.msc
Right-click on
SAP<SID>_<INST>and choose Properties. Choose the Log On tab, and change the password.

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