Weblogic 10g - Startup problem with authentication

Question

I installed Weblogic 10g (latest release) and change the default password for weblogic user from the weblogic console, then I restarted the Oracle Weblogic server, but when It try to start give me an error:
starting weblogic with Java version:
java version "1.6.0_07"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode, sharing)
Starting WLS with line:
C:\PROGRA~1\Java\JDK16~1.0_0\bin\java -client -Xms256m -Xmx512m -XX:CompileThr
eshold=8000 -XX:PermSize=48m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Xverify:none -da -Dplatfor
m.home=C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3 -Dwls.home=C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server -Dweblogic.home=C:\
bea\WLSERV~1.3\server -Dweblogic.management.discover=true -Dwlw.iterativeDev=
-Dwlw.testConsole= -Dwlw.logErrorsToConsole= -Dweblogic.ext.dirs=C:\bea\patch_w
ls1030\profiles\default\sysext_manifest_classpath;C:\bea\patch_cie660\profiles\d
efault\sysext_manifest_classpath -Dweblogic.Name=examplesServer -Djava.security.
policy=C:\bea\WLSERV~1.3\server\lib\weblogic.policy weblogic.Server
<09/09/2008 03:43:16 PM PDT> <Info> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000377> <Starting WebL
ogic Server with Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM Version 10.0-b23 from Sun Microsyste
ms Inc.>
<09/09/2008 03:43:17 PM PDT> <Info> <Management> <BEA-141107> <Version: WebLogic
Server 10.3 Fri Jul 25 16:30:05 EDT 2008 1137967 >
<09/09/2008 03:43:19 PM PDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server stat
e changed to STARTING>
<09/09/2008 03:43:19 PM PDT> <Info> <WorkManager> <BEA-002900> <Initializing sel
f-tuning thread pool>
<09/09/2008 03:43:19 PM PDT> <Notice> <Log Management> <BEA-170019> <The server
log file C:\bea\wlserver_10.3\samples\domains\wl_server\servers\examplesServer\l
ogs\examplesServer.log is opened. All server side log events will be written to
this file.>
<09/09/2008 03:43:23 PM PDT> <Notice> <Security> <BEA-090082> <Security initiali
zing using security realm myrealm.>
<09/09/2008 03:43:23 PM PDT> <Critical> <Security> <BEA-090402> <Authentication
denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot ide
ntity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been chang
ed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot ide
ntity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the u
pdated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encr
ypted.>
<09/09/2008 03:43:23 PM PDT> <Critical> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000386> <Server su
bsystem failed. Reason: weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authe
ntication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from th
e boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have
been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update th
e boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first
time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new value
s are encrypted.
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot i
dentity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (bo
ot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the b
oot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file wit
h the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot id
entity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.do
BootAuthorization(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.security.service.CommonSecurityServiceManagerDelegateImpl.in
itialize(Unknown Source)
at weblogic.security.service.SecurityServiceManager.initialize(Unknown S
ource)
at weblogic.security.SecurityService.start(SecurityService.java:141)
at weblogic.t3.srvr.SubsystemRequest.run(SubsystemRequest.java:64)
Truncated. see log file for complete stacktrace
>
<09/09/2008 03:43:24 PM PDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server stat
e changed to FAILED>
<09/09/2008 03:43:24 PM PDT> <Error> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000383> <A critical s
ervice failed. The server will shut itself down>
<09/09/2008 03:43:24 PM PDT> <Notice> <WebLogicServer> <BEA-000365> <Server stat
e changed to FORCE_SHUTTING_DOWN>
Stopping PointBase server...
PointBase server stopped.
I tried almost everything in these links:
https://support.bea.com/application_content/product_portlets/support_patterns/wls/AuthenticationErrorsStartingWLSPattern.html#Why_does_the_problem_occur_
http://forums.bea.com/thread.jspa?threadID=600017775
Also I tried to recovery the password but nothing works.
Please I really need help.

Answer 1

Hi all, I've the same problem...not resolved yet...may you help me, please?
Silvia
Starting e managed server from admin console, through node manager:
weblogic.security.SecurityInitializationException: Authentication denied: Boot identity not valid; The user name and/or password from the boot identity file (boot.properties) is not valid. The boot identity may have been changed since the boot identity file was created. Please edit and update the boot identity file with the proper values of username and password. The first time the updated boot identity file is used to start the server, these new values are encrypted.