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Recreate a Deleted UI Administrator

If you are deleting an administrator, be careful not to delete all administrators, especially the Super User administrator.

Important! Proceed with caution when deleting or editing an administrator.

If you accidently delete all administrators, use the registration tool xpsregclient to restore a default Super User administrator. The registration tool is installed with the Administrative UI.

Note: You can find detailed information about the Registration Tool in the Policy Server Installation Guide.

Restoring the Super User administrator is a two-step process, involving:

1. Registering the Super User administrator with the host
2. Registering the Admin UI with a Policy Server.

To restore the Super User administrator:

1. Open a command prompt from the machine that is hosting the Policy Server, and enter the following command:

   xpsregclient client_name -adminui -su
   

   This command recreates the default Super User account.

   • client name

     Specifies the name that identifies the Administrative UI that is to be registered.

     Limit: This value must be unique. For example, if you have previously used smui1 to register an Administrative UI, enter smui2.

     Note: Record this value. This is a required value to complete the registration process from the Administrative UI.

   • -adminui

     Specifies that an Administrative UI is being registered.

   • -su

     Specifies that the user that logs into the Administrative UI to complete the registration process becomes the default Super User.

     If the Administrative UI that you are registering uses an administrative user store that contains a Super User account established by a previous Administrative UI registration, you do not have to supply this flag. You can use the same Super User account credentials to log into the Administrative UI you are registering to complete the process.

2. Register the Admin UI with a Policy Server.

   Registering the Admin UI is an administration task in the Administrative UI. More information about this process can be found in the Policy Server Installation Guide.

When editing an administrator's record, be careful not to modify the settings for the administrator that you are logged in as. If you change your administrative settings, you may lose access to SOA Security Manager features. If you lock yourself out of a feature, an administrator with full access to the Policy Server must restore your privileges.