The passwordfile ist called TSM.PWD. You can either find it unter /etc/adsm,
/etc/security/adsm or the passworddir you set in dsm.sys.
First you should check if you dont have any other problemes like missing
write permission on some files (see ANS0110E that you got)

kind regards, Manuel

----- Original Message -----
From: "Johnson, Reginald (ECCS)" <RegJohnson AT EXCHANGE.ML DOT COM>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 10:41 PM
Subject: ANS1025E Session rejected: Authentication failur


> I have sun solaris client 2.5 that has mysteriously lost its password. I
have tried updating the node with its password but still get the
> response below. Is there file that contains the encrypted password that is
locked?
>
> # dsmc
> Tivoli Storage Manager
> Command Line Backup Client Interface - Version 4, Release 2, Level 2.1
> (C) Copyright IBM Corporation, 1990, 2001, All Rights Reserved.
>
> tsm> q fi
> Node Name: SNYWPMF-3OLD
>
> ANS0110E LogMsg: Unable to open error log file
'/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log' for output.
> LogMsg: Permission denied
> ANS1051E Invalid password
> ANS1025E Session rejected: Authentication failure
>
> ANS1051E Invalid password
> ANS1025E Session rejected: Authentication failure