Reset console password for IMSS 5.7 and 7.0

You just being assigned to monitoring and administering IMSS. The previous administrator left without having had the chance to tell you the console password. Perhaps you have many servers and applications under your responsibility. You just lost the password. Please refer the below steps to reset the password for:

IMSS 5.7
For Windows

1. Open the IsntSmtp.ini file using a text editor (i.e. Notepad). Located at ProgramFiles\Trend\IMSS
2. Look for the "UILoginPassword=" paramater in the "[Registration]" section.
3. Delete its value.
4. Save the modified IsntSmtp.ini file.
5. Restart the InterScan MSS System Monitor service.
6. Log into the Web Console but leave the Password field blank.
7. Click on Configuration >General > Password 8. Enter a new password in the "New password" and "Confirm New Password" fields.


For Linux

1.Open the /opt/trend/imss/config/imss.ini file using a text editor (e.g. vi).
2.Search under the "[registration]" section for the following parameter: ui_login_password=
3.Remove the values. The parameter should now remain as "ui_login_password="
4.Save the file.
5.Use this command to restart the InterScan MSS System Monitor service:

# /opt/trend/imss/script/S99SYSMON restart

6.Log into the IMSS Web Console, but leave the password field blank.
7.Click Configuration > General > Password 8.Enter a new password in the "New password" and "Confirm New Password" fields.

IMSS 7.0
1.On the Database Server where imssdatabase is installed, launch the query analyzer for SQL Server or winsql tool for MSDE.
2.Execute the following SQL commands in the query tool to change the IMSS console password:
"use imss"
"update tb_administrator set md5_digest='18e143b754dc7690ca2ab8ddcd0bfbe8' where admin_name='admin'"

The message "1 Row (s) affected" confirms that the password has been changed.
3.Log on to the IMSS console and enter "admin" as username and "imss7.0" as password.
4. Go to Administration > Password and set the new password.

5. Click Save.

The message "Your Password has been changed" appears after you have changed the password.