Hi Cliff,

Have you trying stopping your ADSM server and starting it up interactively ie 
just run dsmserv from a terminal window? You will be left logged in as 
administrator SERVER_CONSOLE which by default will have sufficient rights for 
you to do an UPDATE ADMIN command.


Trevor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cliff Baxter [mailto:cbaxter AT SEGUE DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday,30 November 1999 11:02
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Server Authentication
>
>
> Ok, I am having a heart attack right now!  I noticed recently
> that I was not
> required to put in a password for any usernames to administer the ADSM
> Server.  After browsing around the server option in the web
> access client, I
> saw an option for server authentication, which was set to
> off.  I turned it
> on, but now NONE of my usernames are letting me in.  for my
> username, I get
> a message saying my password has expired, and after I type in
> my old one,
> and enter and confirm a new one, I get a "Unable to update password"
>
> ANS8023E Unable to establish session with server
>
> AND8002I Highest return code was 137
>
> HELP!!!!!  Please tell me there is a way around this.
>