Generating strong passwords for key repository protection
You can generate strong passwords for key repository protection using the runmqakm command.
You can use the runmqakm command with the following
parameters to generate a strong password:
runmqakm -random -create -length 14 -strong -fips
When using the generated password on the -pw parameter
of subsequent certificate administration commands, always place double
quotation marks around the password. On UNIX and Linux® systems, you must also use a
backslash character to escape the following characters if they appear
in the password string:
! \ " '
When entering the password in response to a prompt from runmqckm, runmqakm or the iKeyman GUI then it is not necessary to quote or escape the password. It is not necessary because the operating system shell does not affect data entry in these cases.