Changing user password with default authentication scheme
Last modified: 20 April 2023note
This is obsolete. Since in TeamCity 8.0 log in as Super User to reset the password for any user via UI.
The following procedure is suitable for default authentication scheme and default database (HSQLDB) only.
To change user password:
Shutdown server
Switch to the < TeamCity home >/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/lib
directory
Invoke the following command: Windows platform:
java -cp server.jar;common-api.jar;commons-codec-1.3.jar;util.jar;hsqldb.jar;log4j-1.2.12.jar ChangePassword <username> <new password> <TeamCity data directory>
Unix platform:
java -cp server.jar:common-api.jar:commons-codec-1.3.jar:util.jar:hsqldb.jar:log4j-1.2.12.jar ChangePassword <username> <new password> <TeamCity data directory>
You can skip the < >
option, if you are using default path for TeamCity data files: <user home>/.BuildServer