Setting the SAG operator password

FTM SWIFT provides a utility to simplify maintaining the SAG operator password. You also use this utility to change the initial password of the SAG operator.

The initial password of the SAG operator is set when the SAG is installed. The SAG operator and the SAG Add-On can access the SAG only after the initial password was changed. This means that you must change the initial password after you install the SAG and before you start the SAG Add-On. To change the initial password:

  1. Make sure that the SAG bootstrap is running. For information about how to start the SAG bootstrap and check it, see SWIFT Alliance Gateway: Administration and Operations Guide.
  2. Log on to the SAG either as the root user (AIX® and RHEL x86), or a user having administrative rights (Windows), or the RA owner.
  3. Open a shell (on AIX and RHEL x86), or a command prompt (on Windows), and change to the installation directory of the SAG Add-On:
    • On AIX and RHEL x86, the default is /opt/IBM/ftm/SAGAddOn
    • On Windows, the default is C:\Program Files\IBM\ftm\SAGAddOn
  4. On AIX and RHEL x86, set your environment by running the SAG Add-On profile script:
    . /var/ftmswift_v324/sao/dnfcsenv
  5. Run the password utility:
    • On AIX and RHEL x86, enter:
      ./dnfcspwd -operator Administrator
    • On Windows, enter:
      dnfcspwd.exe -operator Administrator
    The utility prompts you for:
    • The old password
    • The new password
    • Confirmation of the new password
  6. Specify the new password. It must comply with the password rules for SAGs, which are described in SWIFT Alliance Gateway: Administration and Operations Guide.
  7. The utility carries out both of the following actions:
    • Changes the password for the SAG to the new password you specify
    • Encrypts the password you specify and stores it, in encrypted form, in the <SagPassword> element of the SAG Add-On profile that was created in Creating the SAG Add-On profile