When you run the full-text search record extractor from
the command line in batch, update, optimize, or repair mode, the ClearQuest
search properties file is required as an input parameter. The search
properties file contains the administrator password to the user database.
Because the search properties file is stored both on the hard drive
and in the user database, the administrator password should be protected.
You do this by using the record extractor to encrypt the password.
Password encryption is a two-step process:
- Generate a key.
- Use the key to encrypt the password.
The password encryption is performed using FIPS 140-2 approved algorithms and is not dependent on the feature level of the
ClearQuest database.