Updating Encrypted Passwords Stored in WVS Authentication Files

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After the passwords in authentication files are encrypted, you can change existing passwords or add lines that contain additional user names and passwords to the file.

To change a password that is encrypted, complete the following steps:

1. Open the WVS authentication file in a text editor.

2. Locate the authentication line for the user whose password you want to change.

3. Replace the password information on that line with the new password (in plain text). For example, assume the authentication line is as follows:

auth=user1:encrypted.auth.D:\\ptc\\Windchill\\auth.properties

Replace encrypted.auth.D:\\ptc\\Windchill\\auth.properties with the new password you want to use. If the new password is user1PW, then the updated line is:

auth=user1:user1PW

4. Save your changes and close the file.

5. Run the EncryptPasswords.xml script with the encryptWVSWorkerAgent target (as described in Encrypting Authentication Passwords) to encrypt the changed password.