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Properties File for the Key Database

The key database properties file, smkeydatabase.properties, defines the configuration parameters required to access and manage the key database.

The smkeydatabase.properties file is installed in:

• siteminder_home\config\properties (Windows)
• siteminder_home/config/properties (UNIX)

Modify this file only to change the following options:

• NativeDBName--specifies name of the key database
• DBLocation--indicates the directory where the key database resides
• DBUpdateFrequencyMinutes--specifies the frequency at which the database is read from the file system.

The smkeydatabase.properties file contains the following settings:

• DBLocation
• NativeDBName
• XMLDocumentOpsImplementation
• AffiliateIXMLSignatureImplementation
• IXMLSignatureImplementation
• EncryptedPassword
• IXMLEncryptDecryptImplementation
• DBUpdateFrequencyMinutes
• LDAPAccessTimeout

Descriptions of each setting follow.