"Invalid Lockbox Configuration File" caused by space after masterpassword in server configuration files
Originally Published: 2015-10-15
Article Number
Applies To
Lockbox and cryptedit applications
Issue
When a space is inadvertently configured after the keyitem in the parameter "cleartrust.configuration.lockbox.items.masterpassword=" this will cause the following error to be thrown when running cryptedit to create the enc files.
"Invalid Lockbox Configuration File."
Cause
Resolution
You will also have to delete the encrypted parameter file (*.enc) that was created with the misconfigured keyitem
This file can be found by referencing the following parameter:
cleartrust.configuration.encrypted_store=
Summary of parameters referenced in this document
cleartrust.configuration.lockbox.items.masterpassword=
cleartrust.configuration.encrypted_store=
The above parameters are found in the following Access Manager Server configuration files
• aserver.conf
• eserver.conf
• dispatcher.conf
• keyserver.conf
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