diff --git a/nucleus/admin/cli/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/embeddable/CommandExecutorImpl.java b/nucleus/admin/cli/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/embeddable/CommandExecutorImpl.java
index 845b435..f9a3894 100644
--- a/nucleus/admin/cli/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/embeddable/CommandExecutorImpl.java
+++ b/nucleus/admin/cli/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/admin/cli/embeddable/CommandExecutorImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2010, 2018 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2022 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@
         if (globalOptions.size() > 0) {
             String pwfile = globalOptions.getOne(ProgramOptions.PASSWORDFILE);
             if (pwfile != null && pwfile.length() > 0) {
-                Map<String, String> passwords = CLIUtil.readPasswordFileOptions(pwfile, true);
+                Map<String, String> passwords = CLIUtil.readPasswordFileOptions(pwfile, false);
                 for (CommandModel.ParamModel opt : commandModel.getParameters()) {
                     if (opt.getParam().password()) {
                         String pwdname = opt.getName();