USER_PASSWORD - UEMLoad configuration option
Description
The USER_PASSWORD option specifies the password for the user account identified by the USER_ID option.
This is an alternative to specifying the password from a plain text or encrypted user file.
UEM Server uses this information to execute an event handler process in the security context of the specified user account. An event-driven UEM Server requires this information be stored in an event handler record if the USER_SECURITY option is enabled in the UEM Server configuration. This is the only way that an event-driven UEM Server can access this information. Because an event-driven UEM Server is started without user interaction, it cannot prompt for user account information if it is required but not provided.
If UEMLoad specifies an encrypted file (via USER_FILE_ENCRYPTED), it extracts the -pwd value from that file and stores it in the USER_PASSWORD field. However, UEMLoad also saves a reference to the encrypted file itself.
When UEM Server executes a process on behalf of the event handler, it re-extracts the -pwd option from the file. This means that if the contents of the encrypted file change after the UEMLoad, the stored USER_PASSWORD may not match the actual USER_PASSWORD that UEM Server uses when it executes a secured process on behalf of that event handler.
Usage
Specification Method | Parameter / Value | IBM i | HP NonStop | UNIX | Windows | z/OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Command Line, Short Form | -w password | |||||
Command Line, Long Form | -pwd password | |||||
Definition File Keyword | pwd password OR password password |
Value
password is the password for the user account.