4.3. Resetting a Lost Superuser Password

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## 4.3. Resetting a Lost Superuser Password

If your `superuser` password has been lost or forgotten, you can reset it by following the steps below.

1. Open the ekm.xml file in a text editor.

2. Replace the text in the `superUser` element with the following text:

       <superUser>
          <name>superuser</name>
          <password>9a85a0cc0a56febcf46690a6ab1a5803</password>
        </superUser>

3. Restart EKM.

The `superuser` password is stored as an `md5` key in this file. Therefore, you can create a new key using any `md5` generation tool, and store the new password there.

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