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Siebel Security Guide > Changing and Managing Passwords > Encrypting Passwords Using the encryptstring UtilityUsing the Siebel Configuration Wizard to change an anonymous user password, or the Siebel Enterprise security token, automatically saves the password in encrypted form. If, however, you have to manually add an encrypted value for the corresponding parameters in the eapps.cfg file (AnonPassword or SiebEntSecToken), then use the encryptstring.exe utility to generate the encrypted value to provide as the parameter value. Although the anonymous user has limited privileges, it is generally recommended to use more secure passwords for production deployments of your Siebel Business Applications. For anonymous user accounts, changing passwords involves changing passwords for database accounts and changing passwords in the eapps.cfg file. NOTE: If you want to use different database accounts for the anonymous user for different applications, then you must manually update the eapps.cfg file. The following procedure describes how to encrypt a password using the encryptstring utility. To encrypt a password using the encryptstring.exe utility
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