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Restoring Administrator Access

An administrator with full access to the Policy Server can restore permissions when an administrator account becomes inadvertently modified or deleted. The two administrators with these permissions include the following:

• The default SiteMinder super user account (siteminder). If you are using the policy store to store administrator identities, use the siteminder account to restore permissions.
• The super user account that is established when the external administrator store connection is configured. If you are using an external store to store administrator identities, use the external super user to restore permissions.

If you cannot access the default administrator accounts, do the following:

• Use the smreg utility to change the password of the default SiteMinder super user account.
• Use the XPSSecurity utility to make any user in the external administrator store a super user.

  Note: For more information about using either utility, see the Policy Server Administration Guide.