When you run the full-text search record extractor, cqperl
cqtsdbcrawler.pl, from the command line in batch, update, optimize,
or repair mode, the ClearQuest search properties file, CQ-db_name-dbset_name.xml,
is required as an input parameter. The search properties file contains the
administrator password to the user database. Because the search properties
file is stored both on the hard drive and in the user database, the administrator
password should be protected. You do this by using the record extractor to
encrypt the password.
Password encryption is a two-step process:
- Generate a key.
- Use the key to encrypt the password.
The password encryption is performed using FIPS 140-2 certified algorithms
and is not dependent on the feature level of the ClearQuest database.