Federation Security Services Guide › Manage the Key Database for Signing and Encryption › Modify the Key Database Using smkeytool › Smkeytool Command Syntax and Options › changePassword Option

changePassword Option

Permits you to change the password for the smkeydatabase. Changing the password causes all entries encrypted under the old password to be re-encrypted under the new password using FIPS-compliant algorithms.

Arguments for changePassword are as follows:

• -password <password>

  Required. Specifies the existing password used to originally create the smkeydatabase

• -newpassword <new_password>

  Required. Specifies the new password for the smkeydatabase.