ampassword

Change passwords for the AM Administrator.

ampassword { options }

Description

This command allows you to change passwords held in the configuration store, and to encrypt passwords.

The following options are supported.

-a | --admin [ -o | --old old-password-file -n | --new new-password-file ]: Change the password for amAdmin from the value stored in old-password-file to the value stored in new-password-file.
-p | --proxy [ -o | --old old-password-file -n | --new new-password-file ]: Change the password for the proxy administrator from the value stored in old-password-file to the value stored in new-password-file.

The proxy administrator password is shown encrypted in the output from ssoadm get-svrcfg-xml.
-e | --encrypt [ password-file ]: Display the password value provided encrypted with the key generated during AM installation.
-h | --help: Display the usage message.

The following example encrypts the password contained within a text file.

Create a text file, for example $HOME/.pwd.txt, containing the password string on a single line.

Encrypt the password by using the ampassword command:

$ ampassword -e $HOME/.pwd.txt
AQICkZs3qy5QUCXir9tebIEEZYGFXI2lCC4B