Blackberry SWD-504685-0330050601-001 manual Syntax for authentication credentials

Administration Guide Compatibility of authentication methods with previous versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool

Syntax for authentication credentials

In the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server User Administration Tool BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool, the variable <credentials> represents the user name and password that you use for authentication with the BlackBerry Administration Service.

The BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool uses the following syntax for authentication credentials.

Item	Description
-username <user name>	authentication user name
-sqluser <user name>
-password <password>	authentication password
-sqlpass <password>
-domain <domain>	authentication domain
-bas_auth	use BlackBerry Administration Service authentication (default)
-mailbox_auth	use mailbox authentication (IBM® Lotus® Domino® environment only)
-ad_auth	use Microsoft® Active Directory® authentication

In the BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool, the variable <credentials> represents the user name and password that you use for authentication with the BlackBerry Administration Service.

Setting authentication credentials

Storing an encrypted set of authentication credentials in the Windows registry

The BlackBerry® Enterprise Server User Administration Tool uses the -set_client_auth <credentials> -set_p <password> command to store credentials in the Windows® registry and then insert the credentials into the command line options.

Example

BESUserAdminClient -username admin -password password -set_client_auth "-username smoser -password password1 - ad_auth -domain test.rim.net" -set_p password

This creates the following Windows registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Research In Motion\BlackBerry Resource Kit\BESUserAdmin\ClientAuth

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