OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Password Server Interfaces
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Using the Master Password Server
MPS-AUDIT-FILE
specifies the (local) file name of the audit-trail file to be created by the MPS
process. This parameter is required if MPS-AUDIT PARAM is ON and is ignored
if the MPS-AUDIT is OFF.
This parameter is optional. If the configuration database already exists (because
another MPS process created it), the new MPS process uses the value defined in the
database unless it is in RECONFIGURE or ISOLATE mode. If you specify a
different value for a process in NORMAL or POPULATE mode, the MPS writes a
warning message to the output file and ignores the new parameter.
The audit-trail file can be a disk file, a terminal, or a spooler. Use the standard name
format for a file of any of these types. If the audit trail is set to be a spooler
location, then each MPS process will open its own spooler file; if it is a disk file or a
terminal, all MPS processes will write to the same audit-trail file.
A disk audit-trail file is an Enscribe entry-sequenced file with a record size of
250 bytes.
MPS-AUDIT-BINDS
has a value of ON or OFF. ON instructs the MPS process to audit Bind requests (in
addition to other requests). OFF instructs the process not to audit Bind requests.
The default value is OFF. This parameter is ignored when MPS-AUDIT is OFF.
This parameter is optional.
Because Bind requests occur far more frequently than any other type of request,
auditing Bind requests can have particular impact on performance.
If the configuration database already exists (because another MPS process created
it), the new MPS process uses the value defined in the database unless it is in
RECONFIGURE or ISOLATE mode. If you specify a different value for a process
in NORMAL or POPULATE mode, the MPS writes a warning message to the
output file and ignores the new parameter.
MPS-AUDIT-PASSWORDS
has a value of ON or OFF. ON specifies that passwords are to be written in audit-
trail file records (and therefore potentially exposed). OFF specifies that passwords
are not to be written in audit-trail file records. The default value is OFF. This
parameter is ignored when the parameter MPS-AUDIT is OFF.
This parameter is optional. If the configuration database already exists (because
another MPS process created it), the new MPS process uses the value defined in the
database unless it is in RECONFIGURE or ISOLATE mode. If you specify a
different value for a process in NORMAL or POPULATE mode, the MPS writes a
warning message to the output file and ignores the new parameter.
MPS-ENCRYPT-METHOD
specifies the encryption method to be used for any passwords that are written to the
databases. A value of 0 means no encryption; a value of 1 prescribes a simple,
character-based encryption method. The default value is 0.