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Generate passwords compatible with Tivoli/TSM/Spectrum Protect

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Overview

This repo provides a Go CLI application that can be used to generate a password string compatible with IBM Spectrum Protect. An older Python script previously used for this purpose is included for reference or alternative use.

Historically, IBM Spectrum Protect was known as Tivoli or TSM. Because the current maintainer has used the product for years by either of Tivoli or TSM, those names are still heavily referenced both here and in internal documentation.

Password requirements

The following requirements apply to IBM Spectrum Protect server versions between 6.3.3 and 8.1.10 (latest version at the time of this writing).

Length

Tivoli passwords can be up to 63 characters in length.

case-sensitive (or not)

  • if not using a LDAP directory server
    • passwords are stored in the IBM Spectrum Protect server database
    • passwords are not case-sensitive
  • if using a LDAP directory server
    • passwords are stored in the LDAP directory server
      • or whatever underlying system that the LDAP directory server uses
    • passwords are case-sensitive
    • passwords are subject to more restrictions that can be imposed by LDAP policies

Valid characters

Passwords can be be composed of these valid characters:

Characters Explanation
a-z Any letter, a through z, lower-case
A-Z Any letter, a through z, upper-case (see LDAP notes)
0-9 Any number, 0 through 9
+ Plus
. Period
_ Underscore
- Hyphen
& Ampersand
* Asterisk
^ Caret - circumflex
` Grace accent
! Exclamation mark
@ At symbol
# Number ("pound")
$ Dollar
% Percent (per cent) sign
= Equals
( Open parenthesis (or open bracket)
) Close parenthesis (or close bracket)
| Vertical bar
{ Opening brace
} Closing brace
[ Opening bracket
] Closing bracket
: Colon
; Semicolon
< Less than (or open angled bracket)
> Greater than (or close angled bracket)
, Comma
? Question mark
/ Slash
~ Equivalency sign - tilde

Server administrators set final password policy (e.g., required password length). As previously noted, these requirements change if using a LDAP directory server. Reach out to your IT support team to learn what specific requirements have been configured for your site.

Features

  • Optional number of required total characters
  • Optional number of required special characters
  • Optional number of required digits

Changelog

See the CHANGELOG.md file for the changes associated with each release of this application.

Requirements

The following is a loose guideline. Other combinations of Go and operating systems for building and running tools from this repo may work, but have not been tested.

Building source code

  • Go
    • see this project's go.mod file for preferred version
    • this project tests against officially supported Go releases
      • the most recent stable release (aka, "stable")
      • the prior, but still supported release (aka, "oldstable")
  • GCC
    • if building with custom options (as the provided Makefile does)
  • make
    • if using the provided Makefile

Running

  • Windows 10
  • Ubuntu Linux 18.04+
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7+

Installation

From source

  1. Download Go
  2. Install Go
    • NOTE: Pay special attention to the remarks about $HOME/.profile
  3. Clone the repo
    1. cd /tmp
    2. git clone https://github.com/atc0005/tsm-pass
    3. cd tsm-pass
  4. Install dependencies (optional)
    • for Ubuntu Linux
      • sudo apt-get install make gcc
    • for CentOS Linux
      • sudo yum install make gcc
    • for Windows
      • Emulated environments (easier)
        • Skip all of this and build using the default go build command in Windows (see below for use of the -mod=vendor flag)
        • build using Windows Subsystem for Linux Ubuntu environment and just copy out the Windows binaries from that environment
        • If already running a Docker environment, use a container with the Go tool-chain already installed
        • If already familiar with LXD, create a container and follow the installation steps given previously to install required dependencies
      • Native tooling (harder)
        • see the StackOverflow Question 32127524 link in the References section for potential options for installing make on Windows
        • see the mingw-w64 project homepage link in the References section for options for installing gcc and related packages on Windows
  5. Build binaries
    • for the current operating system, explicitly using bundled dependencies in top-level vendor folder
      • go build -mod=vendor ./cmd/tsm-pass/
    • for all supported platforms (where make is installed)
      • make all
    • for use on Windows
      • make windows
    • for use on Linux
      • make linux
  6. Copy the newly compiled binary from the applicable /tmp subdirectory path (based on the clone instructions in this section) below and deploy where needed.
    • if using Makefile
      • look in /tmp/tsm-pass/release_assets/tsm-pass/
    • if using go build
      • look in /tmp/tsm-pass/

NOTE: Depending on which Makefile recipe you use the generated binary may be compressed and have an xz extension. If so, you should decompress the binary first before deploying it (e.g., xz -d tsm-pass-linux-amd64.xz).

Using release binaries

  1. Download the latest release binaries
  2. Decompress binaries
    • e.g., xz -d tsm-pass-linux-amd64.xz
  3. Deploy
    • Place tsm-pass in a location of your choice
      • e.g., /usr/local/bin/tsm-pass

NOTE:

DEB and RPM packages are provided as an alternative to manually deploying binaries.

Configuration

Command-line Arguments

  • Flags marked as required must be set via CLI flag or environment variable.
  • Flags not marked as required are for settings where a useful default is
Option Required Default Repeat Possible Description
h, help No false No h, help Show Help text along with the list of supported flags.
v, version No false No v, version Toggles emission of branding details with plugin status details. This output is disabled by default.
md, min-digits No 10 No 1+ The minimum number of digits that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password.
ms, min-specials No 25 No 1+ The minimum number of (compatible) special characters that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password.
l, length No 25 No 3+ The total number of characters to use when generating a new TSM-compatible password. See Password Requirements in the README for more information.

Examples

Help output

$ ./release_assets/tsm-pass/tsm-pass-74cdc0a-linux-amd64 --help

tsm-pass 74cdc0a (https://github.com/atc0005/tsm-pass)

Usage of ./release_assets/tsm-pass/tsm-pass-74cdc0a-linux-amd64:
  -l int
        The total number of characters to use when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (shorthand) (default 63)
  -length int
        The total number of characters to use when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (default 63)
  -md int
        The minimum number of digits that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (shorthand) (default 10)
  -min-digits int
        The minimum number of digits that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (default 10)
  -min-specials int
        The minimum number of (compatible) special characters that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (default 25)
  -ms int
        The minimum number of (compatible) special characters that will be used when generating a new TSM-compatible password. (shorthand) (default 25)
  -v    Whether to display application version and then immediately exit application. (shorthand)
  -version
        Whether to display application version and then immediately exit application.

Default settings

$ ./release_assets/tsm-pass/tsm-pass-74cdc0a-linux-amd64
&-4o7.&1+__w-.+9+mr4-ul7&9+0+.66_h&9qk&.+3q4+6__+&.3&.939r__oyf

Default length, custom minimum digits, special characters

$ ./release_assets/tsm-pass/tsm-pass-74cdc0a-linux-amd64 --min-specials 25 --min-digits 10
._&u7172-+&s+s&xkvp3.47h+345_.21_3j6&t_+&9s0.3_.-_-9++077s-_egc

Exceeding max length

As of this writing, the password limit is believed to be 63 characters. When requesting a longer password than that, a WARNING is emitted.

$ ./release_assets/tsm-pass/tsm-pass-74cdc0a-linux-amd64 --length 100 --min-specials 25 --min-digits 10

WARNING: Password length of 100 requested.
TSM limits the total password length to 63 characters by default.
Check with your TSM server admins for the current maximum password length.

._6.j&.-u07ox44_qs2_.+xabey++73rx5xnb&z+.pb04x0&dw.sm&&vzg-ld&1y7w1_4+w_-1&&p0._.-&-kl.+9b&5.7fhmxee

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2020 Adam Chalkley

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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SOFTWARE.

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