OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Password Server Interfaces
OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual—424824-001
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MPS Concepts and Components
Records in the audit file are readable as text, without the use a trace-formatting tool.
There are four space characters before the timestamp; the other fields in the record are
separated by a single space character.
Examples
The following are two examples of entries in an audit-trail file:
12:43:00 19OCT92 \adm.$mpsb1 MYPERSONALBANK bind
accepted from \adm.$ms11 myPassword
12:43:10 19OCT92 \adm.$mpsb1 MYPERSONALBANK register-MS
rejected from \adm.$ms11 newAttemptat a password
not my old password?>
Configuration Database
The MPS process maintains a configuration database containing information about the
master user and MPS operational parameters. You specify the master user and the
operational parameters when you define the MPS process. The MPS receives other
information about the master user—specifically, information about the APPL object
representing the user—from the MHSMGR across the MS bind password server
interface.
The configuration database is an audited, Enscribe relative file containing a single
record with the following information:
•
MPS process information and operational parameters
•
The version of the MPS process
•
The process name of the MHSMGR
•
Whether OSI addresses must be validated
RequestorProcName A character string containing the process name of the requestor in the
form “\node.$proc”. This field is a fixed length of 15 characters
(blank padded).
Password A character string containing the unencrypted password of the APPL.
This field is a variable length between 3 and 64 characters.
Note: This field may be blank, as it is optional whether or not this
field is audited.
OldPassword A character string containing the unencrypted “old” password of the
APPL. This field is a variable length between 3 and 64 characters.
Note: This field is blank if you elect not to audit passwords. When
passwords are audited, a value is present only for Register-MS and
alter requests.
Table 7-9. Contents of Audit Trail File
Field Description