ssl-pwd-life

This stanza entry specifies the password lifetime in days for the key database file.

ssl-pwd-life = number_days

Password lifetime for the key database file, specified in the number of days. For automatic password renewal, the value for the lifetime of a password is controlled by the number_days value when the server is started. The number of days 1 - 7299 is created, and the value is set with one of the following utilities:

For manual password renewal, the value is dictated by the value supplied to the svrsslcfg -chgpwd utility. This value is also written into the appropriate configuration file.

  1. If a certificate and the password to the key database file that contains that certificate are both expired, the password must be refreshed first.
  2. The password value is set with the configuration utility. Do not edit this stanza entry.

Parent topic: [ssl] stanza