# Is there a way to reset the igntion gateway password?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 3, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315 "2024-06-03T22:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bharat\_Krishnan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Bharat\_Krishnan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharat_Krishnan)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315/1 "2024-06-03T22:26:27Z")

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Hey Everyone,  
I got locked out of my ignition gateway because i forgot to give administrator access to the only user in the gateway, I have created the gateway using docker desktop? Is there anyway that I can reset the password?

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**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315/2 "2024-06-03T22:29:33Z")

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Searching for "reset password" on the docs site would have given you [Reset the password](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/getting-started/installing-and-upgrading#reset-the-password).

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**Author:** ![Bharat\_Krishnan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2acd7d/32.png) [@Bharat\_Krishnan](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Bharat_Krishnan)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315/3 "2024-06-03T22:41:30Z")

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If this Ignition Gateway is started of a Docker Container, does the gwcmd reset method work?

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315/4 "2024-06-04T00:29:43Z")

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Yes, but only within the container. I haven't been using docket, so I don't recall the subcommand, but there is one to open a shell inside your container.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Collins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.collins/32/13497_2.png) [@Kevin.Collins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Collins)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2024, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reset-the-igntion-gateway-password/91315/5 "2024-06-09T15:42:44Z")

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Yes, you should be able to it in one shot with:

```bash
docker exec <container name> bash -c "./gwcmd.sh -p && ./gwcmd.sh -r"

```

... to perform the password reset and issue a restart from inside the container.