8.1. Migrating 4.1 Password Cache Data

8.1. Migrating 4.1 Password Cache Data

No PasswordCache tool was shipped with Certificate Management System 4.1 for Solaris platforms. However, it is possible to install a version of Certificate Management System 4.2, 4.2 (SP 2), 4.5, or iPlanet Certificate Management System 4.7 on the same platform, and then use the PasswordCache tool from that server to extract the password cache data. For the following instructions, assume that a version of CMS 4.2 was installed on the same Solaris machine where the CMS 4.1 instance was installed.

  1. Open the 4.1 instance directory, and, from the 4.1 directory, run the PasswordCache from the 4.2 instance directory. 

    cd 41_server_root/cert-41_instance42_server_root/bin/cert/tools/PasswordCache 41_passwordcache_password list
----- Password Cache -----
Internal LDAP Database : passwordldap
Internal Key Storage Token : passwordtoken

    This lists the information stored in the password cache. Write down both the tags and the passwords, such as the following: 

    internal=redhat

    The listed tags passwords are used to create the password.conf file.

  2. Log into the new server as the Certificate System user.

  3. Open the new Certificate System's conf/ directory. 

    cd /var/lib/instance_ID/conf/

  4. Open the password.conf file. Copy all of the tags and passwords listed from the old Certificate System pwdcache.db into this file.