Use these steps to change your encoding algorithm from
OS400 to XOR.
Before you begin
WebSphere® Application Server supports both
the OS400 and the XOR encoding algorithms. The default encoding algorithm
is XOR. For more conceptual information on these algorithms, see
Password encoding and encryption.
About this task
There might be instances where you need to use the OS400
encoding algorithm. See
Enabling the non-default OS/400 password encoding algorithm.
If
you use the OS400 encoding algorithm, but change the os400.security.password.encoding.algorithm
property value to XOR as described in the first step, then
all of the passwords remain encoded with the OS400 algorithm. However,
after you restart the server, when you make changes to the passwords
through the administrative console, the passwords are encoded using
the XOR algorithm.
The following steps describe how to change
your encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR:
Procedure
- Set the os400.security.password.encoding.algorithm property
to XOR for each WebSphere Application Server
profile that uses the Validation list object.
- Stop all of the servers.
- Edit the configuration files and change all of the encoded
passwords to their unencoded values.
- Edit the properties files and change all of the encoded
passwords to their clear text values.
Results
You have changed your encoding algorithm from OS400 to XOR.
What to do next
After you completing these steps, you can encode the passwords
in the properties files. See
Manually encoding passwords in properties files for more information.