Can you try one thing?
Don't use the command prompt to enter the password and try executing the following CLI command:
"asadmin list-components --port 8848 --passwordfile ./passfile --user admin"
AIX ppc64 - is that a 64-bit processsor? are you using JVM 64-bit or 32-bit?
Thanks,
Jane
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