Systemwalker Operation Manager Reference Guide

12.1 ahsregistupin Passphrase Registration Command

Synopsis

ahsregistupin -f upinfile

Description

The ahsregistupin command encrypts the passphrase and registers it in the passphrase management file.

Options

-f upinfile

Specifies the passphrase management file that contains the encrypted passphrase.

Command Location

Windows	Systemwalker Operation Manager installation directory\mpwalker.jm\mpahs\bin
Solaris Linux	/opt/FJSVftlo/mpahs/bin

Privilege Required

System administrator (user belonging to the Administrators group or superuser) privileges are required.

Cautions

• The passphrase must be the same string as the passphrase when you created the private key management environment.

• The passphrase management file is overwritten and saved.

• To prevent the passphrase from being leaked on the network, we recommend that you execute this command at the console or at a terminal connected to a LAN that is not connected externally.

• For security reasons, we recommend that you change the access permissions of the passphrase management file as follows after executing this command. [Windows]

  1. Start Explorer.

  2. Select the passphrase management file, right-click, and click "Properties".

  3. Click the "Security" tab.

  4. On the properties "Security" screen, select "Deny" for the "Permission" settings except for the following groups, then click the "OK" button.

     • Administrators

     • SYSTEM

Example

The following procedure describes how to register a passphrase.

1. Start the ahsregistupin command.

2. The passphrase query appears.

   Enter a passphrase consisting of 128 or fewer single-byte alphanumeric characters. The input string is not displayed.

3. The passphrase query appears again.

   Enter the same passphrase as above 2. The input string is not displayed.

   
   

[Windows]

To encrypt the passphrase (interactive input) and register it in the passphrase management file "d:\mpahso\sslcert \upinfile"

C:\Systemwalker\MPWALKER.JM\mpahs\bin\ahsregistupin.exe -f d:\mpahso\sslcert\upinfile
  UserPIN: (Note)
  Re-type UserPIN: (Note)

Note) If this string is displayed, enter the passphrase. Note that characters entered are not echoed back.

[UNIX]

To encrypt the passphrase (interactive input) and register it in the passphrase management file "/export/home/mpahso/sslcert/upinfile"

/opt/FJSVftlo/mpahs/bin/ahsregistupin -f /export/home/mpahso/sslcert/upinfile
  UserPIN: (Note)
  Re-type UserPIN: (Note)

Note) If this string is displayed, enter the passphrase. Note that characters entered are not echoed back.