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Change the Default Password for ccsUser

After you create the classification cache, the cache automatically uses the CCS schema. This schema includes a default user account, ccsUser. If required, you can configure the CCS web service to connect to the classification cache as ccsUser.

However, you must first change the password for the ccsUser account. The default password for ccsUser is 'changeme'. This password is stored in CA Directory as a userPassword attribute of the userDN setting.

The credentials stored in CA Directory must match the credentials stored in the web.config file on each of your CCS servers. Therefore, after you install your CCS servers, you must also store the new ccsUser password in web.config.

To change the ccsUser password

1. On the CA Directory host server, use an LDAP browser to create a connection to the classification cache.
2. Browse to the Users node and select ccsUser.
3. Change the userPassword attribute to the new password.

   Note: The password is stored in CA Directory as a hash, not in plaintext.

4. After you install your CCS servers, add the password that you added in step 3 to the web.config file on each of your CCS servers. You can use the CacheUtil.exe utility to store this password in encrypted form.

   Note: The CCS web service uses the user credentials stored in web.cofig to connect to the classification cache.

More information:

Storing User Credentials Securely in Web.Config