To Disable the Default Enterprise Server Security Configuration

This procedure requires an interactive session on the system where you can disable the default Enterprise Server security configuration, set up with the Enterprise Server environment. On Windows, you will need permission to stop and start services. On UNIX, you will need permission to alter files such as commonwebadmin.json in the product configuration area.
Beginning with release 10.0, Visual COBOL and Enterprise Server are installed with security enabled, using a basic default security configuration. If you want to use a different security configuration, or want to disable security entirely, follow this procedure to disable the default security configuration.
Note: Micro Focus does not recommend running Visual COBOL without security enabled. See Why does Enterprise Server have a default security configuration? for more information.
  1. Run the command DisableESDefaultSecurity.cmd. You will see a series of messages as the script disables default security.
  2. Restart any running enterprise server region to have them pick up the configuration changes. Regions will no longer require credentials for starting/stopping and other actions.
c:\>DisableESDefaultSecurity.cmd
Micro Focus DisableESDefaultSecurity utility: Version 1.0.0

MFDS is using ES Default Security, attempting to disable.
MFDS mfdsacfg.xml backup file created C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\20240307164321_mfdsacfg.xml
MFDS esm.dat backup file created C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\MFDS\20240307164321_des_esm.dat
MFDS is no longer using ES Default Security.
ESCWA is using ES Default Security, attempting to disable.
ESCWA commonwedadmin.json backup file created C:\ProgramData\Micro Focus\Enterprise Developer\ESCWA\20240307164321_commonwebadmin.json
ESCWA is no longer using ES Default Security.
Backed up secret "microfocus\temp\admin" to "microfocus\temp\admin.disabled"
Backed up secret "microfocus\common\readonly" to "microfocus\common\readonly.disabled"