This is an oldie but goodie.. had to resource of this before and now someone reminded me how it works (I cannot quote the original source as I got this on an email)
What if you forget the ColdFusion Admin Password?
Imagine suppose you have forgotten the admin password and cannot log in to ColdFusion Administrator. Here is a solution for this, follow the below steps.
1. Make a backup copy of CF_HOME\lib\neo-security.xml file
In case of multi-server editions, the path is:
C:\JRun4\servers\cfusion\cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\WEB-INF\cfusion\lib\neo-security.xml
2. Open the neo-security.xml file in a text editor and change 'true' to 'false' for the admin.security.enabled variable tag. For example, search the file for "admin.security.enabled" and change the entry as follows:
3. Restart the ColdFusion application server.
You should now be able to bypass the login to the ColdFusion administrator. You can reset the password by choosing Security > Administrator.
This works for CF7 and CF8 ... don't know if it works on CF9, has anyone tried ?
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