Unable to stop WebSphere Application Server

[U]

We are in that part of the Information Server installation process where we're configuring an LDAP-accessible user registry.

WAS is still running a root, and we can access browser-based services.

We have made appropriate changes to Global Security in WAS, and now want to stop the server to run AppServerAdmin.sh

However, when root tries to run MetadataServer.sh stop or stopServer.sh it throws an error that "Access is denied for the stop operation on Server MBean because of insufficient or empty credentials."

(MBean is not the name of our server.)

MetadataServer.sh help indicates that there is no mechanism for providing user name and password via the command line.

Can anyone suggest how we might resolve this dilemma, and shut down WebSphere Application Server gracefully?

Thank you for your time.

[ray.wurlod]

Is it possible that the password for the WAS user has changed since it was installed? If so, it would probably be useful to run AppServerAdmin.sh to reset the registered owner (and password) of WAS.

This tech note provides full instructions.