Can I add or reset the admin user password utilizing the command line?

Question

Dear all,

I managed to install confluence server (+ Postgres DB) but logging in using the admin credentials worked just once.

For reasons I do not know, the admin credentials are not accepted any longer without having  changed anything to the installation. I can't log in to conflunce - accordingly I cannot set up any other regular (non-admin) user as well.

So I wonder whether there is a chance to add/reset or re-create the admin (or any other)  user just by utilizing the comand line (DOS-Box/Powershell)?

Or is there a chance, to directly add or change the user related content of the database tables?

If so, can you please provide a Syntax-Sample?

Any hint is highly appreciated.

Looking forward to your answers.

Thank You. K.rgds. Jörg.

Jörg Köplin · Answer

Thank you Nic for quick response.

Meanwhile I managed to reset my password following the article you suggested.

K.rgds. Jörg.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

See https://confluence.atlassian.com/doc/restore-passwords-to-recover-admin-user-rights-158390.html

You could poke a new password into the database with SQL from a command line too, but you'll need to stop Confluence before doing it anyway, so you might as well just go with the admin recovery in the doc.