IQ Plug-in Sybase Central Online Help Documentation Changes

Read about updates, corrections, and clarifications to released documentation for the Sybase Central online help for Sybase IQ.

Sybase Central Online Help updates
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664036	IQ Agent RMI authentication layer – An authentication layer has been implemented between Sybase Central IQ Client and Sybase Central IQ Agent, which allows only authenticated clients to access Agent's Remote Method Invocation (RMI) methods. New text – Sybase Central help topics will be updated to accommodate the following behavior changes: Open Agent properties and enter Agent username and password, if you are performing an operation that requires communication with the IQ Agent. A text box is included for the agent user name and password in all the property and wizard pages that require the IQ Agent port number. The default agent user name and password are `dba/sql` or `DBA/sql`. The agent user names and encrypted passwords are saved in a flat file named passfile. This file is located in $IQDIR15/java/ and is generated by the installer at install time. Passwords are encrypted using a one way hash. Only one user name and encrypted password mapping is stored in each line in passfile. Use a text editor to manually add, remove or change the agent user name and encrypted password in passfile. Generate an encrypted password using the utility $IQDIR15/bin64/passhash.sh. Print the corresponding encrypted or hash value by passing a plain-text password as a command line argument: $ passhash sql $ Hash: jbbuisadgsuiadgbasjkd89237yer8yhqwuiofh8923sdf890uy230 Copy and paste the Hash value against the user name in passfile in this format: username=<HashValue> Example: dba=jbbuisadgsuiadgbasjkd89237yer8yhqwuiofh8923sdf890uy230 Move passfile to another location by changing the absolute path in the login.config file, which is located in $IQDIR15/java/. This path should contain a forward slash "/" as a path separator.