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RE: need some info about the admin-keyfile

From: Frank Kieviet <Frank.Kieviet_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:33:11 -0700

No, I don't think so: there's salt used in the encryption to ensure that two
encrypted passwords don't yield the same string.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince.Kraemer_at_Sun.COM [mailto:Vince.Kraemer_at_Sun.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 13:22
> To: dev_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
> Subject: Re: need some info about the admin-keyfile
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> That is a great start.
>
> Now comes the tough question:
>
> If I have two installs on different machines that have the same
> password, will the value of the second field be the same in the two
> admin-keyfile files?
>
> Thanks,
> vbk
>
> Hanan.Lang_at_Sun.COM wrote:
> > Vince
> > From the Admin Guide: The admin-keyfile initially contains the admin
> > user name, the admin password in an encrypted format, and the group to
> > which this user belongs, which is asadmin by default.
> >
> > I believe its used to grant users access to administration tools.
> >
> > HTH,
> > Hanan
> >
> > Vince Kraemer wrote:
> >> what is it used for?
> >>
> >> It looks like there are multiple fields in the file... what are they?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> vbk
> >>
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