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Modify a SiteMinder Password or Shared Secret

When you install the CA IdentityMinder Extensions to the Policy Server, supply the password for the SiteMinder administrator account that CA IdentityMinderuses 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 IdentityMinder.

Note: Make sure the JAVA_HOME variable is defined for your environment before you change the 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\Identity Manager\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 IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder 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 IdentityMinder 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.