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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.