When it comes to software, I like to try all available features (even the most obscure ones) and sometimes I end up in a situation where my chances of recovery seem pretty slim. I recently managed just that by setting my OpenSSO top realm (/) to inactive…
Why would I do such thing I hear you say? Well I was trying to solve some issues related to our OpenID 2.0 extension and was experimenting with various realms, so there you have it…
The result of this great inspiration of mine is that I could not log anymore to the admin console; a tad annoying…
The solution (thanks to Shivaram!) is to edit the LDAP configuration tree and change the value of ou=services,dc=opensso,dc=java,dc=net and set it back to active. That’s it, you’re in!
Now me thinks we should change the console so as to prevent this from being possible…
C'est la Vie... 
November 6, 2009 at 17:08
LOL – Michael did exactly the same thing a couple of weeks ago – http://blogs.sun.com/docteger/entry/someone_needs_a_%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%B1%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3 – he might even have filed a bug ;-)
November 6, 2009 at 17:11
hehe – I’m pretty sure Michael was blogging about my experience since I had sent an email to the team to find a way out. I hope he did file a bug :)
Hubert