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| ammx |
 Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 5:55 am Post subject: password stash file |
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Acolyte
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Hi
I am getting the following error message:
AMQ9660: SSL key repository: password stash file absent or unusable.
EXPLANATION:
The SSL key repository cannot be used because MQ cannot obtain a password to
access it. Reasons giving rise to this error include:
(a) the key database file and password stash file are not present in the
location configured for the key repository,
(b) the key database file exists in the correct place but that no password
stash file has been created for it,
(c) the files are present in the correct place but the userid under which MQ is
running does not have permission to read them,
(d) one or both of the files are corrupt.
The channel is 'MQA_TO_MQB'; in some cases its name cannot be determined
and so is shown as '????'. The channel did not start.
I already checked that the keydb is present and in the correct path, the mqm user has all the permissions to the files, the key.sth file is there too, but when I try to unstash it with a script it shows me the following:
[/var/mqm/qmgrs/MQA/ssl]./unstash.pl key2.sth
�յYYYSP�Y(���X4��>ls1�E+K�E"n=���L�)��
this script should show me the keystore password unencrypted, does this mean that the file .sth is corrupt?
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| exerk |
| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:12 am Post subject: Re: password stash file |
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Jedi Council
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| ammx wrote: |
...this script should show me the keystore password unencrypted, does this mean that the file .sth is corrupt?
Thanks in advance |
Not necessarily. Which version of MQ and GSKit are you using? THIS ARTICLE may help you understand what you're seeing.
Also, check that the queue manager's SSLKEYR attribute setting does resolve to the location of the files, that it is in stem format (that is, without the file extension), the file is 'kdb' format, and that if you did change the above attribute, you refreshed SSL security afterwards.
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| ammx |
| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:24 am Post subject: |
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Acolyte
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The MQ version is 8.0.0.8, i am not sure how to check the GSkit version. And i checked in the qmgr and the SSLKEYR is set to
SSLKEYR(/var/mqm/qmgrs/MQA/ssl/key)
the path where the keystore and stash file are located is:
/var/mqm/qmgrs/MQA/ssl and the keydb name is key2.kdb, so i think maybe i should try to set the SSLKEYR to ..../ssl/key2 instead of just key. I don't know if that may be the cause |
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| exerk |
| Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2018 6:30 am Post subject: |
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key and key2 are completely different, so yes, that's likely to be your issue - MQ is good but it can't read minds and distinguish what you meant from what you told it  .
My personal view is that key store file names should not be left in the 'vanilla' name - after all, if you have a number of key stores of the same name, how are you going to identify them other than by interrogating them? Better to name the key store files with a positive identifier for the queue manager.
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| JosephGramig |
| Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 9:50 am Post subject: |
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also, you don't need the password to interrogate the keydb. Just use the -stashed option and list it then get the details. If you need export it and put it in a key store you do know the password because you created it.
This is why you must secure this directory and never copy or pass key store files around (if you want it to be secure). |
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| ankurlodhi |
| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:17 am Post subject: |
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he is probably trying to setup SSL for the first time and when he trie to start the channel he got this issue. i got the same issue when i was setting it up the first but i recognized the issue quickly.
That is why they say STFW first. |
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| JosephGramig |
| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:27 am Post subject: |
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He never came back, so I assume he figured it out.
Always use the runmqckm (GSKit) command to create/alter key stores. Even if they are not for MQ. If you use something else, your likely to inject evil spirits.
Fine to use OpenSSL to view objects. There is some Windows command that does the same (Google it). |
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| crashdog |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:22 am Post subject: |
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So, to ask the obvious... there's no unstash.pl version 2 on the horizont ?
Gerhard
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| exerk |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:24 am Post subject: |
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| crashdog wrote: |
So, to ask the obvious... there's no unstash.pl version 2 on the horizont ?
Gerhard |
If you think long and hard about it, there should really not have been a version 1...
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| crashdog |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:01 am Post subject: |
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agree. But I think there's still an issue with jks. Or is there a stash for java application as well ?
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| exerk |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| crashdog wrote: |
| agree. But I think there's still an issue with jks. Or is there a stash for java application as well ? |
Not that I'm aware of...
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| JosephGramig |
| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:26 am Post subject: |
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| crashdog wrote: |
| agree. But I think there's still an issue with jks. Or is there a stash for java application as well ? |
Create it with a CMS key store. Then you can use it with any form of a key store (that uses the same password). I do it all the time but my MQ is up to date. Note, I only use runmqckm. |
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