How to reset password for system-user in AEM 6.5?

[nitishchawla]

User path - /home/users/system/XXXX

When I'm trying to authenticate it using below, it is saying invalid login.

http://localhost:4502/j_security_check?j_username=abc-wf-caas&j_password=abc12345&j_validate=true
Response - invalid_login

Logs:

03.11.2023 03:32:09.075 *INFO* [qtp803765525-2831] org.apache.sling.auth.core.impl.SlingAuthenticator handleLoginFailure: Unable to authenticate abc-wf-caas: UserId/Password mismatch.

 I've checked that this user exists, but I am not sure of the password.

Please confirm if this can be reset or can be extracted through admin rights?

Thanks!!

[Gaurav_Sachdeva_]

Hi @nitishchawla 

In AEM there is no password for system users and they are created to use in code to do various operations as per bundle permissions.

Please refer https://medium.com/@manumathew28.94/aem-system-users-1b9ab48df19e#:~:text=Well%2C%20a%20system%20use....

Thanks

[nitishchawla]

Yes, I also had the same understanding, but there is a legacy code in our application which is validating it with the password. As checked in Security -> Users, Its a System user account, but then the code is also validating this user with a password through j_security_check

Was confused, so raised a question to understand the further options.

[Gaurav_Sachdeva_ · Accepted solution]

I think it cannot be validated by j_security_check , therefore it is throwing the error.

J_security_check is for validating general users and not system users.