About the Gateway Name Server Authentication Password

To make sure that only authorized users can make changes to the enterprise configuration parameters on the Gateway Name Server, users connecting to the Gateway Name Server must supply a valid authentication user name and password. Authentication user name and password values are verified by the security adapter specified for the Gateway Name Server, either the database security adapter or an LDAP, ADSI, or custom security adapter.

The user account you use for Gateway Name Server authentication must have the same privileges as the Siebel administrator account created during the Siebel installation process; these privileges are required to connect to the Gateway Name Server.

You can choose to use the Siebel administrator account for Gateway Name Server authentication, or you can create a new database user account, ensuring you assign it the same level of rights and privileges as the Siebel administrator account. If you are using LDAP, ADSI or a custom security adapter, then you must also add the Gateway Name Server authentication user name and password to the directory server.

You can change the Gateway Name Server authentication password at any point by changing the password for the Gateway Name Server authentication account in the database and in the LDAP directory or in Active Directory (if you are using LDAP or Active Directory authentication). For more information, refer to your RDBMS documentation or your directory server documentation. For additional information on Gateway Name Server authentication, see "About Authentication for Gateway Name Server Access" and Siebel Installation Guide for the operating system you are using.

Using Siebel Utilities to Access the Gateway Name Server

When using any of the Siebel utilities that connect to the Gateway Name Server, for example the srvrmgr utility, you must specify the Gateway Name Server authentication user name and password.

You can pass the Gateway Name Server authentication user name and password in the command line as command flags, for example:

srvrmgr /g gateway1 /e enterprise1 /s server1 /u username /p password (Windows)

srvrmgr -g gateway1 -e enterprise1 -s server1 -u username -p password (UNIX)

where:

• username is a valid user name that has been assigned Siebel administrator privileges

• password is the password associated with username

You must enter a value for the /u username or -u username flag. If you do not specify a value for the /p password or -p password flag, then you are prompted for this value when you submit the command.