The EncAuthDataFile script

The EncAuthDataFile script encodes password data that is stored in a text file. For more information about the file and how to use the EncAuthDataFile script, see Use the no-argument getConnection call in the Programming topic. For information about encoding algorithms, see Password encoding in the Security topic.

Product

The EncAuthDataFile script is available in WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

Authority

To run the EncAuthDataFile script, your user profile must have *ALLOBJ authority.

Syntax

The syntax of the EncAuthDataFile script is:

EncAuthDataFile input_file output_file [ -instance instance ]

Parameters

The parameters of the EncAuthDataFile script are:

• input_file
  This is a required parameter. The value input_file specifies the fully qualified name of the authentication data file that the script reads.

• output_file
  This is a required parameter. The value output_file specifies the fully qualified name of the authentication data file to which the script writes the encoded data.

• -instance
  Optional. The value instance specifies an application server instance name. The script uses the password encoding algorithm that it retrieves from the specified instance. If -instance is not specified the default instance is used.