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= create-password-alias

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== create-password-alias

Creates a password alias

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=== Synopsis

[source]
----
asadmin [asadmin-options] create-password-alias [--help]
aliasname
----

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=== Description

The `create-password-alias` subcommand creates an alias for a password.
An alias is a token of the form `${ALIAS=aliasname}`. The password that
corresponds to the alias name is stored in an encrypted form.

The `create-password-alias` subcommand can be run interactively or
noninteractively.

* When run interactively, the subcommand prompts the user for the alias
password and to confirm the alias password.
* When run noninteractively, the subcommand reads the alias password
from a file that is passed through the `--passwordfile` option of the
link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] utility. The file must
contain an entry of the form `{cprefix}ALIASPASSWORD=`alias-password,
where alias-password is the alias password. The noninteractive form of
this command is suitable for use in scripts.

This subcommand is supported in remote mode only.

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=== Options

asadmin-options::
  Options for the `asadmin` utility. For information about these
  options, see the link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] help page.
`--help`::
`-?`::
  Displays the help text for the subcommand.

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=== Operands

aliasname::
  Your choice of name for the password alias.

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=== Examples

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==== Example 1   Creating a Password Alias Interactively

This example creates the password alias `jmspassword-alias`
interactively.

[source]
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asadmin> create-password-alias jmspassword-alias
Enter the alias password>
Enter the alias password again>
Command create-password-alias executed successfully.
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==== Example 2   Creating a Password Alias Noninteractively

This example uses the `--passwordfile` option of the `asadmin` utility
to create the password alias `winuser` noninteractively.

[source]
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$ asadmin --passwordfile aspwfile.txt create-password-alias winuser
Command create-password-alias executed successfully.
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The file `aspwfile.txt` contains the following entry to specify the
alias password:

[source]
----
AS_ADMIN_ALIASPASSWORD=sp@rky
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=== Exit Status

0::
  command executed successfully
1::
  error in executing the command

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=== See Also

link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)]

link:delete-password-alias.html#delete-password-alias-1[`delete-password-alias`(1)],
link:list-password-aliases.html#list-password-aliases-1[`list-password-aliases`(1)],
link:update-password-alias.html#update-password-alias-1[`update-password-alias`(1)]