Re: [Exist-development] Changing exist-db admin password

[David L. <dav...@oe...>]

Hi Adam,

Firstly, thanks for the quick response.

> I believe the mechanism used is typically to take the source code of the version you are using, and then build a version where the password checks are disabled. You then use that version to extract the data.
Hahaha. Ok. 

Is that process described somewhere (or can you summarise)? or is there a grep/sed that might help me reconstruct it.

> Coincidentally I just noticed you are in Oxford. I will be there next week for the XML Summer School at St. Edmund Hall. I might be able to spare an hour if I I could be of some assistance?
Thanks for the offer. I’m in Oxford next Friday (otherwise, I’m in London), and in an ideal world, I’d have things working by then (and that day’s a bit crammed). If I can’t progress, though, I might just take you up on that!

David

> 
> On 6 September 2018 at 15:32, David Lewis <dav...@oe...> wrote:
> I have an old install of exist-db (v2.2) on a headless Linux system that I’d like to get the data out from, and I can’t find the admin password. I have root command-line access.
> 
> Is it possible to either change the password or get a data dump from the command line?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David
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