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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>
-sqluser <user name>
authentication user name
-password <password>
-sqlpass <password>
authentication 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
Administration Guide
Compatibility of authentication methods with previous versions of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server User Administration Tool
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