File-Based Authentication

For the file-based authentication, the user details are stored in the hawkconsole-user.cfg file. By default, the configuration file is located at <CONFIG_HOME>/bin. If required, you can configure its location by using the -user_file_store option in the hawkconsole.cfg file.

The syntax for a user entry in the hawkconsole-user.cfg file is:

<user_name>:<encrypted_password>

For example,

admin:#####***###

You can use the tibhawkpassword utility at <HAWK_HOME>/bin to encrypt the password.

For more details on user authentication properties, see Hawk Console Configuration Options.