You can do an dsmcutil updatepw /node:node_name /passw:password
in the script to seed the password into the registry is this what you are wanting? Gerald Wichmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <gwichman@ZANT cc: AZ.COM> Subject: Re: dsmc via cmdline Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 05/09/2002 05:10 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" No.. normally when you first install the client on linux, even with passwordaccess generate you must initially run dsmc and perform a query or something such that it asks for your login and password. Once done, it saves the password in an encrypted file and won't ask you again in the future. I'm trying to automate the install and start the dsmc process without having to have some user start it once to set the password. Isn't there a way to run dsmc and specify the password from the commandline e.g. if you have a ksh/perl script that calls dsmc in it such that you can specify the password as an argument to perform an operation? E.g. I want a script to do a "dsmc I" but I also don't want my client to be in passwordaccess generate mode. With dsmadmc you can specify a login and password as argument (e.g. "dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=admin 'q stg'").. I want to do something similar with dsmc.. Regards, Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: Malbrough, Demetrius [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: dsmc via cmdline Gerald, Are you speaking of having separate stanzas in the dsm.sys file with different SErvername options? dsmc -se=SERVER1 Regards, Demetrius -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: dsmc via cmdline If I have a client that is not in passwordaccess generate mode, how do I run dsmc from the command line and specify a login and password similar to doing it with dsmadmc: dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=admin "q sess" I'd like to do the same but with dsmc dsmc ? ? "q sess" if I remember correctly this can be done but I'm having trouble finding it in the redbooks.. Gerald Wichmann Sr. Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 w 408.836.9062 c