Changing the encryption password

Administrator Guide : Security : Encryption : Changing the encryption password

To change the password of the encryption key, solidDB^® must be started using option -E and the options specifying the old and the new password.

Procedure

To change the encryption password, start solidDB^® with the following command syntax:

solid -E -x keypwdfile:<old key filename>
-x keypwdfile:<new key filename>

For example:

solid -E -x keypwdfile:pwd.txt -x keypwdfile:newpdw.txt

Alternatively, you can specify the new and old password using the command-line option -S.

solid -E -S <old_password> -S <new_password>