Changing the Device Administrator Password

The device administrator can perform a password change at any time and on any token.

Changing the device administrator password may only be performed by the device administrator, using the ProtectToolkit-M administration utility.

To change the device administrator password

1.Launch the administration utility from the Start menu by selecting Start > Programs > SafeNet > ProtectToolkit M > gmadmin.

2.Select the device on which to change the device administrator password from the Active Adapters list.

3.Open the Adapter menu and choose Change Device Admin Password.

4.The administration utility will now prompt for the current and new device administrator password.

NOTE   Any existing backups of the MACHINE and SYSTEM keysets will no longer be useful following a device administrator password change, because the backup key is generated from the password. New backups must be created after changing the password.