Activating the Emergency User 

Use

In emergency situations where you configured user management incorrectly and can no longer log on to any applications, or all administrator users are locked, you can activate the emergency user SAP* to allow you to log on to applications, in particular the configuration tools, and change the configuration. The SAP* user has full administrator authorizations. For security reasons, the SAP* user does not have a default password, so you must specify a password when you activate the user.

Procedure

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       1.      Activate the SAP* user:

                            a.      Start the config tool for editing UME properties as described in Editing UME Properties.

                            b.      Set the following properties:

Property	Value	Comment
ume.superadmin.activated	true	This activates the SAP* user.
ume.superadmin.password	<password>	Enter any password of your choice. This defines the password for the SAP* user.

                            c.      Restart the Java application server.

       2.      Fix your configuration:

                            a.      Log on with the user ID SAP* and the password you specified.

While the SAP* user is activated, all other users are deactivated.

                            b.      Do whatever is necessary to fix your configuration. For example, unlock all administrator users.

       3.      Deactivate the SAP* user again.

                            a.      Start the config tool for editing UME properties as described in Editing UME Properties.

                            b.      Set the property ume.superadmin.activated to false.

                            c.      Restart the Java application server.