This section describes how you would store your database
password in a stash file.
About this task
For a secure network connection, you can store the encrypted
database password in a stash file.Important: These stash
files should be treated as highly sensitive information.
Procedure
- Store the password while a database creates as follows:
- Start the IKEYMAN user interface. Refer to Starting the Key Management utility for platform-specific
instructions.
- Click Key Database File from the main user interface,
then click Open.
- Enter your key database name in the Open dialog box,
or click the key.kdbfile, if using the default. Click OK.
- Enter your password in the Password Prompt dialog box,
then enter again to confirm your password.
- Select the stash box and click OK.
- Click Key Database File > Stash Password.
- Click OK in the information dialog box.
- Store the password after creating a database as follows:
- Start the IKEYMAN user interface. Refer to Starting the Key Management utility for platform-specific
instructions.
- Click Key Database File from the main user interface,
then click Open.
- Enter your key database name in the Open dialog box,
or click the key.kdb file, if you use the default.
Click OK.
- Enter your correct password in the Password Prompt dialog
box, and click OK.
- Click Key Database File, then click Stash
Password.
- Click OK in the Information dialog box.