Specifying encrypted passwords

Database Administration

Protecting Your Data : Auditing : Auditing impact on database utilities : Identifying the privileged user : Specifying encrypted passwords

Encrypted passwords enhance security, particularly when generating maintenance scripts that contain calls to the utilities with passwords.

The format of an encrypted password for the database utilities is oech1::password. It consists of a five letter prefix, followed by a separator, followed by the encrypted password. The table below details the components of an encrypted password.

Table 34. Encrypted password components
Component	Description
oec	Abbreviation identifying the encryption algorithm, OpenEdge crypto
h1	A hex-binary encoded value identifying the encryption algorithm key-size as 1
::	Separator
password	Encrypted password; the encryption is performed with the algorithm specified in the prefix

Encrypt clear text passwords with the utility genpassword. See OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration for a detailed description of genpassword.