
Administration Commands;                 update-password-alias(1)

NAME
     update-password-alias - updates a password alias

SYNOPSIS
     update-password-alias
     [--terse={true|false}][ --echo={true|false} ]
     [ --interactive={true|false} ] [ --host  host]
     [--port port] [--secure| -s ] [ --user  admin_user]
     [--passwordfile filename] [--help]
     aliasname

DESCRIPTION
     This command updates the password alias  IDs  in  the  named
     target.  An  alias  is a token of the form ${ALIAS=passowrd-
     alias-password}.  The password corresponding  to  the  alias
     name  is  stored in an encrypted form.  The update-password-
     alias command takes both a secure interactive form (in which
     the  user  is  prompted  for  all  information)  and  a more
     script-friendly form, in which the password is propagated on
     the command line.

     This command is supported in remote mode only.

OPTIONS
     -t --terse                  Indicates that any  output  data
                                 must  be very concise, typically
                                 avoiding   human-friendly   sen-
                                 tences    and   favoring   well-
                                 formatted data  for  consumption
                                 by a script. Default is false.

     -e --echo                   Setting to true  will  echo  the
                                 command  line  statement  on the
                                 standard  output.   Default   is
                                 false.

     -I --interactive            If set to true  (default),  only
                                 the  required  password  options
                                 are prompted.

     -H --host                   The  machine  name   where   the
                                 domain  administration server is
                                 running. The  default  value  is
                                 localhost.

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     -p --port                   The HTTP/S port for  administra-
                                 tion.  This is the port to which
                                 you should point your browser in
                                 order  to manage the domain. For
                                 example, http://localhost:4848.

                                 The default port number is 4848.

     -s --secure                 If set to true, uses SSL/TLS  to
                                 communicate   with   the  domain
                                 administration server.

     -u --user                   The authorized  domain  adminis-
                                 tration   server  administrative
                                 username.

                                 If you have authenticated  to  a
                                 domain  using  the asadmin login
                                 command,  then  you   need   not
                                 specify  the  --user  option  on
                                 subsequent  operations  to  this
                                 particular domain.

     --passwordfile              The --passwordfile option speci-
                                 fies  the  name,  including  the
                                 full path, of a file  containing
                                 the   password   entries   in  a
                                 specific format. The  entry  for
                                 the   password   must  have  the
                                 AS_ADMIN_ prefix followed by the
                                 password   name   in   uppercase
                                 letters.

                                 For  example,  to  specify   the
                                 domain   administration   server
                                 password, use an entry with  the
                                 following                format:
                                 AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password,
                                 where  password  is  the  actual
                                 administrator  password.   Other
                                 passwords  that can be specified
                                 include AS_ADMIN_MAPPEDPASSWORD,
                                 AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD,       and
                                 AS_ADMIN_ALIASPASSWORD.

                                 All remote commands must specify
                                 the  admin password to authenti-
                                 cate to the  domain  administra-
                                 tion  server,  either through --

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                                 passwordfile or  asadmin  login,
                                 or  interactively on the command
                                 prompt. The asadmin  login  com-
                                 mand can be used only to specify
                                 the admin  password.  For  other
                                 passwords,  that  must be speci-
                                 fied for  remote  commands,  use
                                 the --passwordfile or enter them
                                 at the command prompt.

                                 If you have authenticated  to  a
                                 domain  using  the asadmin login
                                 command,  then  you   need   not
                                 specify   the   admin   password
                                 through    the    --passwordfile
                                 option  on subsequent operations
                                 to this particular domain.  How-
                                 ever, this is applicable only to
                                 AS_ADMIN_PASSWORD  option.   You
                                 will  still  need to provide the
                                 other  passwords,  for  example,
                                 AS_ADMIN_USERPASSWORD,   as  and
                                 when required by individual com-
                                 mands, such as update-file-user.

                                 For security reasons,  passwords
                                 specified   as   an  environment
                                 variable will  not  be  read  by
                                 asadmin.

                                 The    default     value     for
                                 AS_ADMIN_MASTERPASSWORD       is
                                 changeit.

     --help                      Displays the help text  for  the
                                 command.

OPERANDS
     -aliasname                  This is the name of the password
                                 as it appears in domain.xml.

EXAMPLES
     Example 1 Using update-password-alias

       asadmin> update-password-alias --user admin --passwordfile /home/password.txt jmspassword-alias
       Please enter the alias password>
       Please enter the alias password again>
       Command update-password-alias executed successfully.

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EXIT STATUS
     0                   command executed successfully

     1                   error in executing the command

SEE ALSO
     delete-password-alias(1), list-password-aliases(1),  create-
     password-alias(1)

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