Passworddir
The passworddir option specifies the directory location in which to store an encrypted password file. This directory location is also used for the key database to store the server's public certificate in the dsmcert.kdb file.
The default directory for AIX® is /etc/security/adsm and for other UNIX and Linux® platforms it is
/etc/adsm. The default directory for Mac
is /Library/Preferences/Tivoli Storage Manager. Regardless of where it is
stored, the password file that is created by the client is always named
TSM.sth.
In turn three files comprise a password file. TSM.KDB stores the encrypted
passwords. TSM.sth stores the random encryption key that is used to encrypt
passwords in the TSM.KDB file. This file is protected by the file system.
TSM.IDX is an index file that is used to track the passwords in the
TSM.KDB file.
Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.
Options File
Place this option in the client
system-options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza.
Syntax
Parameters
- directoryname
- Specifies the path in which to store the encrypted password file. The name of the password file is TSM.sth. If any part of the specified path does not exist, IBM Spectrum Protect attempts to create it.
- The IBM Spectrum® Protect application programming interface (API) client installation directory (when API is installed as a stand-alone product, without the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client).
- The IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive client installation directory.
- If HOME environment variable is defined in the user profile, under $HOME/IBM/SpectrumProtect/certs/ path.
Examples
- Options file:
-
passworddir "/Users/user1/Library/Preferences/Tivoli Storage Manager/"passworddir /etc/security/tsm - Command line:
- Does not apply.