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Modify a SiteMinder Password or Shared Secret

When you install the CA Identity Manager Extensions to the Policy Server, supply the password for the CA SiteMinder® administrator account that CA Identity Manageruses to communicate with the Policy Server.

You can change the password; however, the password must be encrypted. To encrypt a password, use the password tool which is provided with CA Identity Manager.

Note: Make sure the JAVA_HOME variable is defined for your environment before you change the CA SiteMinder® password.

Follow these steps:

1. Encrypt the password as follows:
   1. From the command line, navigate to admin_tools\PasswordTool, where admin_tools is the installed location of the Administrative Tools, as in the following examples:
      • Windows: C:\Program Files\CA\Identity Manager\IAM Suite\tools\PasswordTool
      • UNIX: /opt/ca/IdentityManager/IAM_Suite/Identity Manager/tools/PasswordTool
   2. Type the following command:

      pwdtools new_password

      In this command, new_password is the password to encrypt.

      Note: For information about options for the pwdtools utility, enter the following command:

      pwdtools help

   3. Copy the encrypted password.
2. Complete the relevant step as follows:
   • If CA Identity Manager is running on a WebLogic application server, do the following tasks:
     1. In the WebLogic console, edit the WebLogic resource adapter in the policyserver_rar connector descriptor.
     2. Add the encrypted password as the value of the Password property.
   • If CA Identity Manager is running on a JBoss application server, do the following tasks:

     a. Open ra.xml from JBoss_home\server\default\deploy\iam_im.ear\policyserver_rar\META-INF.

     b. Add the encrypted password as the value of the Password config-property.

   • If CA Identity Manager is running on a WebSphere application server, complete the following tasks:

     a. In the WebSphere console, open ra.xml.

     b. Add the encrypted password as the value of the Password config-property.

3. Restart the application server.