Password Recovery

Recovering a Password on Windows

1. Stop all Traverse components (Start > Programs > Traverse > Stop Traverse Components).
2. Open a command prompt and execute the following commands:

   c:

   cd <TRAVERSE_HOME>

   utils\databaseUtil.pl --action export --file provdb.xml

   This creates a file named provdb.xml which you can edit to reset the password.

3. Search for the superuser entry and remove the entire des prefix along with the encrypted password. Then, enter a cleartext password (with no des prefix).

   <loginName code="Ansi" lang="en">superuser</loginName>

   [...]

   <password code="Ansi" lang="en">{des}xyzabc</password>

   replace with:

   <password code="Ansi" lang="en">password</password>

4. Import the file back into the database:

   utils\databaseUtil.pl --action import --file provdb.xml

5. Enter y to replace the existing database.
6. Restart Traverse.

Recovering a Password on UNIX

1. Log in to the Traverse (BVE) server as root or use the su or sudo commands to obtain root permissions.
2. Execute the following commands:

   cd <TRAVERSE_HOME>/

   /etc/traverse.init stop

   utils/databaseUtil.pl --action export --file /tmp/provdb.xml

   This stops the Traverse components, and then creates a file named provdb.xml which you can edit to reset the password.

3. Search for the superuser entry and remove the entire des prefix along with the encrypted password. Then, enter a cleartext password (with no des prefix).

   <loginName code="Ansi" lang="en">superuser</loginName>

   [...]

   <password code="Ansi" lang="en">{des}xyzabc</password>

   replace with:

   <password code="Ansi" lang="en">password</password>

4. Import the file back into the database:

   utils/databaseUtil.pl --action import --file /tmp/provdb.xml

5. Enter y to replace the existing database.
6. Restart Traverse.