Sun Identity Manager 8.1 System Administrator's Guide

Editing the Registry Keys

To enable additional PasswordSync configuration settings, edit the following PasswordSync registry keys using the PasswordSync configuration tool.


Note –

Using PasswordSync configuration tool is the safest method for editing PasswordSync registry keys. Editing these keys directly in the Windows Registry is discouraged.


Table 5–3 Registry Keys

Key Name 

Type 

Description 

dumpFilebase

REG_SZ

Set this registry key to enable Windows to generate a dump file if the PasswordSync DLL displays an exception. 

You must set this registry key to the fully qualified directory path where you want to write the memory dump. For example: c:\temp

Set the registry value to write the memory dump each time Identity Manager catches an exception during password processing. 

Note: On Windows 2000 server (any service pack), you also must install in the configured directory DbgHelp.dll, which is available from Microsoft. The minimum release version for the DbgHelp.dll file must be Version 5.1. Download the DbgHelp.dll file here:

http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/DevTools/Debugging/default.mspx

If DbgHelp.dll is not installed, no dump files will be generated on Windows 2000.

The format for dump file names is 

lhpwic-YYYYMMDD-HHmm-xxxxx.dmp

In this name, YYYYMMDD will be the date of the dump, HHmm is the time of the dump (24-hour clock), and xxxxx is the thread number of the application.

You must manually remove dump files! Dump files range in size from 20 MB to more than 100 MB, depending on the size of the Windows Local Security Authority Subsystem (LSASS) process. Over time, systems with limited disk space could fill up if these dump files are not removed. 

installdir

REG_SZ

Directory where the PasswordSync application is installed. 

The PasswordSync registry keys are located in the following location:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Waveset\Lighthouse\PasswordSync

Other keys are present in this location.