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Using an Encrypted Password

You can generate an encrypted version of the FME  Server account password that is stored in the Console configuration file (FMEServerConsoleConfig.txt).

The encrypted password can then be used in place of the real password when passing a password parameter in subsequent console commands. The encrypted value also appears in place of the real value in any subsequent batch results. After encrypting the password, you can also remove the real version from FMEServerConsoleConfig.txt, but still revert back to using it, if desired.

The encrypted password can be used only in the FME Server Console application.

To generate an encrypted account password in the FME Server Console

  1. In the FME Server Console, issue the following command, using the account <password> you want to encrypt:

    2. ENCRYPT_PASSWORD <password>

  2. Open <FMEServerDir>\Clients\FMEServerConsole\fmeserverconsoleconfig.txt
  3. Uncomment the line beginning with #encryptedPassword= and affix the encrypted password generated by the Console in Step 1 to the end of the line. For example:

    4. encryptedPassword=15BA5790E245E233C

  4. (Optional) Comment out or delete the line beginning with password=.