Configure FactoryTalk Local Directory
To configure (or reconfigure) a to access the directory and configure it. Reconfiguring the
FactoryTalk
local directory, or to upgrade an existing FactoryTalk
local directory, logging on is required. This allows the FactoryTalk Directory
Configuration WizardFactoryTalk
local directory allows you to reset the password of an expired administrator account.Depending on what accounts are available in the local directory, log on using:
- Anyadministrator account that is a member of the localWindowsWindowsadministrators group on the local computer.
- Anyaccount that is a member of theFactoryTalkFactoryTalkAdministrators group in the local directory.
Log on using an existing
FactoryTalk
administrator account to enable the account if it has become locked, or if the password to the account has expired. Alternatively, have another user whose account is a member of the FactoryTalk
Administrators group enable the account or reset the password.
IMPORTANT:
Keep the administrator user name and password in a safe place. To enable the administrator account, the original user name and password to the account are required. If either is lost, the account cannot be enabled.
If the administrator account was disabled, the cannot enable the account. Instead, have another user enable the account in
FactoryTalk Directory
Configuration WizardFactoryTalk Administration Console
. The last FactoryTalk
administrator account in a directory cannot be disabled.If no other user is available, or the password to another administrator account is not available (for example, because that user left the organization), contact
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