MAX length of pwd field in Linux - DS

Umeshkn1704 · Post by **Umeshkn1704** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 4:24 am

Hi Team,
Can you please let me know if there is any max length defined in Datastage under linux platform. We are currently using the IIS 8.7.0.1 under RHEL LINUX 6.7 (Santiago) platform. One of the parallel job has pwd field parameterized. Lately the DB2 changed the pwd to be 9 character. As a DS admin, I logged into DS admin client and changed the pwd value to the value specified (length of pwd was 9 character). I closed the environment variable window after update and to revalidate, I opened it again, I could see only 8 characters now. And even the jobs are failing due to this.

Can you please let me know if there is any max length that is set to pwd field in IIS 8.7.

Thanks in advance
Umesh

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:36 am

"the DB2 changed the pwd"? So this means a database password was changed and you also have a environment variable of type Encrypted you are trying to make hold the new (increased in length) password, yes?

Umeshkn1704 · Post by **Umeshkn1704** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:41 am

Thanks Chuck. That's right. Through the admin client I enter 9 characters and close the window after updating the environment variables. if I open the environment variables window, it shows on 8 characters. Any idea why the truncation is happening... Strange though !!!

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Tue Dec 08, 2015 7:46 am

Chuck.

Sorry, no idea. None of those variables come with a length specification. You should contact your official support provider to see what they have to say on the subject while you wait for a more helpful reply. Perhaps a patch is in order.

qt_ky · Post by **qt_ky** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 9:33 am

I think the user interface always shows 8 dots in an encrypted parameter field, no matter the actual length of the value. I really do not think it is truncating the value. We have a lot of passwords that are longer. The places I have run into password problems is when trying to use one of the many special characters that are restricted. Read through this first to be sure.

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledge ... ml?lang=en

Umeshkn1704 · Post by **Umeshkn1704** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:01 am

Thanks alot, This surely helps.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Wed Dec 09, 2015 10:43 am

Was wondering about that. So what was the actual resolution - were they using 'special characters' in the password?

Umeshkn1704 · Post by **Umeshkn1704** » Thu Dec 10, 2015 12:06 am

Hi Chulett,
Per the information shared in the link, it states that pwd cannot exceed 8 characters when OS is AIX, Solaris and LINUX. The pwd which we had didn't have any special characters - it just had Alphabets and numbers.