Forgot password and cannot access WAS administrative console

There are 2 possible methods for disabling security

By way of wsadmin command: Server must be stoped

Method : 1

1. <WAS_INSTALL_DIR>/bin/> wsadmin -conntype NONE
2. wsadmin> securityoff
3. wsadmin> exit
4. Restart the servers.
5. Enable the security from administrative console.
6. Restart the servers.
Method : 2

By way of manual edit of security.xml file: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/config/cells/cell/security.xml

1. Create a copy for security.xml file, in case you need to roll back.
2. Disable the security from the security.xml file (change the very first occurrence of... enabled="true" to enabled="false")
3. Restart the servers.
4. Enable the security from administrative console.
5. Restart the servers.