Passwords of technical users are stored in the ProcMan’s configuration files in an encrypted form. If there is a need to change the passwords in the configuration files because the passwords of the technical users have been changed for some reason, the encryption dialog provides the administrator with an easy way to encrypt new passwords. The encrypted new passwords can then be entered in the configuration files for example via copy/paste.
The encryption dialog can be started by clicking the Encryption menu item. After the dialog has been started a form is displayed (see picture below).
The dialog can be left by clicking the Cancel button. Alternatively it can be left also by clicking another item from the menu.
The field Source text has to be filled with the text which shall be encrypted (e.g. a password).
If the check-box in the field Source text readable is checked the text entered in the Source text field is displayed in a readable form. Otherwise each character is displayed as a dot.
By clicking the Encrypt button the entered text in the Source text field is encrypted and the encrypted form is displayed in the field Encrypted. This encrypted form can be used in the ProcMan configuration files as a password.
In some spacial cases an encryption of a new password is necessary, while no login of the administrator in ProcMan is possible. The most common situation of this kind is, when the password of the technical user for the database connection has been changed. In this case the starting of the encryption dialog directly from the browser by the URL
https://<dns>:<port>/hwm_encrypt.php,
without a login in ProcMan, can be enabled in the etc/hwm_encrypt_config.php file, by setting the option admin_only to the value false. For security reasons it is strongly recommended to enable this kind of starting of the encryption dialog only temporarily, and set the option admin_only back to the default value true as soon as the ProcMan login is possible again.