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Issue/Introduction
We're running smconsole on Linux Policy Server, the tool works very slow and we'd like to know if there's a way to modify configuration ?
Environment
Release: MSPSSO99000-12.8-Single Sign-On-for Business Users-MSP Component:
Resolution
At first glance, you can stop the Policy Server and edit the sm.registry manually. But depending what you want to do, you might also use XPSConfig.
Here a sample to do so for database connection :
How to update DB Session Store details without the smconsole ? https://comm.support.ca.com/kb/how-to-update-db-session-store-details-without-the-smconsole/kb000010637
You can also use the smldapsetup to connect to a dummy ldap server to encrypt the password.
Tech Tip : CA Single Sign-On :Policy Server:How to encrypt password in Sm.registry file without using SmConsole https://communities.ca.com/community/ca-security/ca-single-sign-on/blog/2016/08/16/tech-tip-ca-single-sign-on-policy-serverhow-to-encrypt-password-in-smregistry-file-without-using-smconsole
All these are workaround and they are all at your risks.
Overall we invite you to vote at the following link to get implemented direct command lines available in order to modify the sm.registry, which command lines will validate the input you're giving.
Command line options for Policy server management console (smconsole) https://communities.ca.com/ideas/235732441-command-line-options-for-policy-server-management-console-smconso