When you run the full-text search record extractor from the command line in batch, update, optimize, or repair mode, the ClearQuest search properties file 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 must be protected. You do this by using the record extractor to encrypt the password.
The password encryption is performed using FIPS 140-2 approved algorithms and is not dependent on the feature level of the ClearQuest database.