OSI/MHS Management Programming Manual

Password Server Interfaces
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Using the Master Password Server
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When you stop an MPS process, Bind, Register-MS, ADD, ALTER, and DELETE
operations on the affected APPLs are unavailable until the MPS process is restarted
or the MS is redefined so as not to use the MPS.
The following are some examples of possible types of configuration changes and the
options for accomplishing them:
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Changing a database location
To change the location of a configuration database, stop all MPS processes that use
the database. Then modify the TACL or PATHCOM script to specify a new
configuration database, and run the modified script. Alternatively, you can copy the
existing database to a new location and run the MPS processes again, specifying
only required parameters or parameters that match those in the database.
To change the location of the authorization database, stop the MPS process that uses
the database. Then restart the process, specifying a new database. If you have
copied an existing database to a new location and now wish to change an APPL
attribute stored in the database (such as the APPL password), use the SCF ALTER
command to specify a new value for the attribute. To change the set of APPLs an
MPS process serves, follow the procedure called “Changing the Set of APPLS an
MPS Process Serves.”
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Designating a different master user
To designate a different master user, you have two options:
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Stop the MPS processes and restart them using a new configuration database.
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Start an MPS process in RECONFIGURE mode, using the same configuration
database and specifying a new master user.
Either of these options changes the configuration of all MPS processes that share the
database.
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Changing master user parameters
To change the configurable parameters related to the master user—namely, MPS-
ALLOW-BINDS or MPS-ALLOW-REG— you have two options:
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Stop the MPS processes and restart them using a new configuration database.
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Start an MPS process in RECONFIGURE mode, using the same configuration
database and specifying new values for the parameters.
Either of these options changes the configuration of all MPS processes that share the
database.
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Changing Other Operational Parameters
To change configurable parameters not related to the master user, for instance
parameters relating to auditing or encryption, you have three options:
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Stop the MPS processes and restart them, using a new configuration database.
This option changes the configuration of all MPS processes that share the
database.