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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.