Setting up automatic login to the CLI

You can set up the command-line interface to automatically log you in without specifying your user name or password each time you issue a csmcli command or enter the csmcli shell. Use the csmcli-auth.properties file to create a persistent copy of the user name and encrypted password that is used for automatic authentication and authorization.

Complete these steps to set up automatic login authentication:

1. Locate the csmcli-auth.properties template file where the csmcli.bat or csmcli.sh file is located.
   The template is in the following directories, depending on the operating system.

   Operating system	Default directory
   z/OS®	path_prefix/opt/IBM/CSM/CLI
   Windows	c:\Program Files\IBM\CSM\CLI
   Linux or AIX	path_prefix/CLI

2. Copy the authentication properties template file into the csm-cli subdirectory of the home directory defined by the operating system. For example, <HOME>/csm-cli/csmcli-auth.properties.
   Note: You can place the file in the home directory to support different operating system users being able to log in from the same server.
3. Add CSM user login credentials in the properties file and grant file read permission for operating system users that should use the defined CSM credentials for automated log in. Passwords will be encrypted by the csmcli-auth.properties file when it is used the first time.
4. The operating system user can now run the script (or Job) to issue a csmcli command or enter the csmcli shell without providing further login credentials.