Passworddir

The passworddir option specifies the directory location in which to store an encrypted password file.

AIX operating systems Linux operating systems Oracle Solaris operating systems Mac OS X operating systems The default directory for AIX® is /etc/security/adsm and for other UNIX and Linux platforms it is /etc/adsm. Regardless of where it is stored, the password file created by the client is always named TSM.PWD.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File

AIX operating systems Linux operating systems Oracle Solaris operating systems Mac OS X operating systems Place this option in the client system-options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza.

Syntax


>>-PASSWORDDIR-- --directoryname-------------------------------><

Parameters

directoryname: Specifies the path in which to store the encrypted password file. The name of the password file is TSM.PWD. If any part of the specified path does not exist, IBM Spectrum Protect™ attempts to create it.

Examples

Options file:

passworddir "/Users/user1/Library/Preferences/Tivoli Storage Manager/"

passworddir /etc/security/tsm

Command line:

Does not apply.