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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Passwordaccess

The passwordaccess option specifies whether you want to generate your password automatically or set as a user prompt. Your administrator can require a password for your client node by enabling the authentication feature. Ask your administrator if a password is required for your client node.

If a password is required, you can choose to:

When the passwordaccess option is set to generate and you specify the password option, the password option is ignored.

Set the passwordaccess option to generate in the following situations:

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all Windows clients.

Options File

Place this option in the client options file dsm.opt.

Syntax

                  .-prompt---.
>>-PASSWORDAccess-+----------+---------------------------------><
                  '-generate-'
 
 

Parameters

prompt
You are prompted for your workstation password each time a client connects to the server. This is the default.

To keep your client node password secure, enter commands without the password and wait for Tivoli Storage Manager to prompt you for the password.

API applications must supply the password when a session is initiated. The application is responsible for obtaining the password.

generate
Encrypts and stores your password locally and generates a new password when the old password expires. An encrypted password is kept on your workstation when a session starts.

A password prompt displays when registering a workstation with a server using open registration or if your administrator changes your password manually.

Examples

Options file:
passwordaccess generate

Command line:
-passwordaccess=generate

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.


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