#### To change the admin password

Encrypting the admin password is strongly encouraged. For more information, see Chapter 9, "Configuring Security," in Sun Java System Application Server 9.1 Administration Guide.

To change the admin password using the Administration Console, follow this procedure.

1. Expand the Configurations node.

2. Select the instance to configure:

   - To configure a particular instance, expand the instance's config node. For example, the default instance, `server`, expand the `server-config` node.

   - To configure the default settings for all instances, expand the `default-config` node.

3. Expand the Security node.

4. Expand the Realms node.

5. Select the `admin-realm` node.

6. Click the Manage Users button from the Edit Realm page.

7. Select the user named `admin`.

8. Enter the new password and confirm the password.

9. Click Save to save or click Close to close without saving.