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Reset Authenticator Password¶

This procedure describes what to do when a user loses his password and can not reset it with a superuser role. The procedure requires cluster downtime and as a result, all auth data is deleted.

(Note: If you upgraded from version 5.4 without enabling consistent topology updates, the keyspace name is system_auth.)

Procedure¶

1. Stop Scylla nodes (Stop all the nodes in the cluster).

sudo systemctl stop scylla-server

2. Remove system tables starting with role prefix from /var/lib/scylla/data/system directory.

rm -rf /var/lib/scylla/data/system/role*

3. Start Scylla nodes.

sudo systemctl start scylla-server

4. Verify that you can log in to your node using cqlsh command.

The access is only possible using Scylla superuser.

cqlsh -u cassandra -p cassandra

5. Recreate the users

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