System passwords that are entered through the Info*Engine Property Administrator are encrypted. These passwords are stored in Info*Engine properties which, when set, are stored in your LDAP directory server.

For example, assume that you are setting up the default user and password used when connecting to an LDAP directory server in a JNDI adapter form. The following fields are displayed in the form:

When you type the password in the Directory System Agent Credentials field, the characters entered are masked with asterisk (*) characters. When you click OK to save the form, the actual password value is encrypted and stored in the keystore and the property value points to the encrypted value in the keystore.

The property is stored in your LDAP directory server.

For example, assume that you have entered a password of PW173& in the Directory System Agent Credentials field of a JNDI adapter form. Then the property is stored as:

where <service> is the service name of the JNDI adapter.

Although the password information in this property value is not the actual password, it uniquely identifies the password to the encryption software being used and, therefore, any changes made to the information can cause the password to no longer be valid.