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Ossar_178453
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Mar 26, 2015

Saving a UCS prompts me for a password

Hello, When saving a UCS on a specific device, but no other device, prompts me for a password. I do not know what the password is for and it does not matter what I input, it works just fine. What i...
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StephanManthey
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Mar 26, 2015

Hi Ossar,

using a passphrase helps to protect opening the .ucs file (a zipped tarball) by unauthorized users revealing configuration and ssl private keys.

By default the command does not ask for a passphrase.

The passphrase is optional and would be set on CLI by using i.e. the following syntax: 
save sys ucs  passphrase

I haven´t seen this behavior before. Wondering, what TMOS version you are using: 

tmsh show sys version | head -n 8

Thanks, Stephan