passwd.5

NAME

passwd - a table in the xCAT database.

SYNOPSIS

passwd Attributes: key, username, password, cryptmethod, authdomain, comments, disable

DESCRIPTION

Contains default userids and passwords for xCAT to access cluster components. In most cases, xCAT will also actually set the userid/password in the relevant component when it is being configured or installed. Userids/passwords for specific cluster components can be overidden in other tables, e.g. mpa, ipmi, ppchcp, etc.

passwd Attributes:

key

The type of component this user/pw is for. Valid values: blade (management module), ipmi (BMC), system (nodes), omapi (DHCP), hmc, ivm, cec, frame, switch.

username

The default userid for this type of component

password

The default password for this type of component

cryptmethod

Indicates the method that was used to encrypt the password attribute. On AIX systems, if a value is provided for this attribute it indicates that the password attribute is encrypted. If the cryptmethod value is not set it indicates the password is a simple string value. On Linux systems, the cryptmethod is not supported however the code attempts to auto-discover MD5 encrypted passwords.

authdomain

The domain in which this entry has meaning, e.g. specifying different domain administrators per active directory domain

comments

Any user-written notes.

disable

Set to ‘yes’ or ‘1’ to comment out this row.

SEE ALSO

nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)