EMC: Control Center password locations

Title:

EMC: Control Center password locations

Author:

Douglas O’Leary <dkoleary@olearycomputers.com>

Description:

Where’s the password for control center?

Date created:

06/2001

Date updated:

07/2005

Disclaimer:

Standard: Use the information that follows at your own risk. If you screw up a system, don’t blame it on me…

Although this hasn’t happened to me - yet - similar things have. You’re brought into a new company to replace a system admin who’s long gone. They enjoy the use of the EMC Control Center product suite and the previous admin, being a security conscious fellow, password protected all the products. He neglected to leave the passwords anywhere when being frog-marched out the door. What to do?

Encrypted passwords are hiding in:

• UNIX: /usr/emc/ECC/data/swdata/symmWin.passwd

• NT: ${CC_HOME}/swdata/SymmWin.gtr

Simply delete the passwords; reenter new ones when entering the specific product. AND neglect to document them anywhere so the poor schmuck that replaces you has to do the same thing…