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.