HOW TO

Update the username and password for the WMS or WFS Connector

Last Published: April 25, 2020

Summary

This article describes how to reset the password for the Web Map Service (WMS) or Web Feature Service (WFS) Connector on the server side.

Procedure



  1. Start a text editor such as Notepad and open the file WMSEsrimap_prop, or the WFSEsrimap_prop file, respectively.

    The default locations for the deployed connector files are
    · for ServletExec:
    <drive>:\Program Files
    ew Atlanta\ServletExec ISAPI\ServletExec Data\default\<WMS/WFSconnector>\WAR\WEB-INF\classes
    · for Tomcat:
    <drive>:\<Tomcat>\webapps\<WMS/WFSconnector>\WAR\WEB-INF\classes
  2. Find the section that start with

    Code:
    ###Username & Password for WMS administrator
    adminPassword=yourpassword
    adminUser=username

    Remove the adminPassword and adminUser values, so that the properties look like this:

    Code:
    ###Username & Password for WMS administrator
    adminPassword=
    adminUser=

    Save and close the file.
  3. Restart the web server and servlet engine. When the WMS or WFS Administrator is launched the next time, it should ask for a new username and password.

Article ID:000008029

Software:
  • Legacy Products

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