If you are not familiar with the wsadmin utility, check out our Getting Started article.

When invoking the wsadmin utility, if you are not prompted to provide a username and password, this means administrative security is disabled. On the other hand, if you are prompted to provide a username and password, this means administrative security is enabled.

Username:
Password:

Or, the -user and -password options can be provided on the command line.

wsadmin.sh -user root -password your_password

However, the use of the -user and -password options is highly discouraged, as the username and password provided are visible using the ps command (Linux).

~]# ps -ef | grep java
. . .
com.ibm.ws.admin.services.WsAdmin -user root -password your_password

The username and password can be entered in the ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/profiles/your_profile/properties/soap.client.props file for SOAP connections (see -conntype SOAP).

com.ibm.SOAP.securityEnabled=true
com.ibm.SOAP.loginUserid=your_username
com.ibm.SOAP.loginPassword=your_password
com.ibm.SOAP.loginSource=none

Or, the username and password can be entered in the ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/profiles/your_profile/properties/sas.client.props file for RMI or JSR160RMI connections (see -conntype RMI / -conntype JSR160RMI).

com.ibm.CORBA.loginUserid=your_username
com.ibm.CORBA.loginPassword=your_password
com.ibm.CORBA.loginSource=properties

Or, the username and password can be entered in the ${WAS_INSTALL_ROOT}/profiles/your_profile/properties/ipc.client.props file for IPC connections (see -conntype IPC). You will also comment out the login source line.

com.ibm.IPC.loginUserid=your_username
com.ibm.IPC.loginPassword=your_password
# com.ibm.IPC.loginSource=prompt

Or, -conntype NONE can be used, to make an unauthenticated connection.

wsadmin.sh -conntype NONE