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What ID and pasword should I use to run the scm command line process form a RTC command line build?


Steve Jordan (11223) | asked Apr 28 '17, 2:54 p.m.
retagged May 11 '17, 9:11 a.m. by Ken Tessier (84117)

If I want to run the scm command line tool from a build, what ID and password would I use to logon to the repository/  How is the password kept secure?  If I want to always use the RTC Build ID, can I point to the stored password file, does the diff command know how to decrypt the password?

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Kevin Ramer (4.5k8183200) | answered Apr 28 '17, 3:42 p.m.

The ID must:

  • Be associated with the particular repository
  • Have membership/role sufficient to read source artifacts
  • Someone must know the credentials.
The scm login can cache the password.  Not sure where or how it's stored.  One only has to provide password on the scm login command.  I usually add -n short-name to the login command (short-name might be the host part of the host name for example)  Subsequent scm commands using -r short-name do not use password which I presume you mean when asking about the diff command. 

See the RTC Knowledge Center / Rational Team Concert / Reference /

e.g. SCM


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Alan Sampson commented Apr 28 '17, 4:45 p.m. | edited Apr 28 '17, 4:45 p.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER

Additionally; as of RTC 6.0.3 the scm CLI provides the --generatePasswordFile and --password-file options in which you can supply your (encrypted) password:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSYMRC_6.0.3/com.ibm.team.scm.doc/topics/login.html


Kevin Ramer commented May 02 '17, 4:44 p.m. | edited May 02 '17, 4:46 p.m.

See also:  https://jazz.net/help-dev/clm/topic/com.ibm.team.build.doc/topics/t_authen_jbe_cli.html

That aludes to scm login caching credentials which can be done and later connections will work.


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Geoffrey Clemm (30.1k33035) | answered Apr 29 '17, 12:56 p.m.
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For maximal security, you would use the password file option.   Note that although the password file is encoded, to keep the password secure you need to read-protect the password file.   This ensures that the security of the password file is at the same level as the security of the operating system that manages the file.

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