https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603815#M13077 <P>All passwords should be on local versions to get those encrypted. You never should edit any default versions!</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:16:11 GMT isoutamo 2022-06-29T16:16:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603785#M13067 <P>mogod command line argument having clear text password like "--sslPEMKeyPassword=password"</P> <P>how to avoid clear text password while calling splunkd.exe service ?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Thanks</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 17:54:27 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603785#M13067 vb 2022-06-29T17:54:27Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603789#M13068 <P>I think that this should be on conf files not on cmd line. Are this mongodb started manually? Unfortunately I haven’t any windows splunk to check this?</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:43:45 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603789#M13068 isoutamo 2022-06-29T14:43:45Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603790#M13069 <P>not manually , part of default splunk startup</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:47:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603790#M13069 vb 2022-06-29T14:47:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603791#M13070 <P>And it’s still there after restart splunk service on windows?</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:48:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603791#M13070 isoutamo 2022-06-29T14:48:39Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603793#M13072 <P>yes , its still thr</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:56:46 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603793#M13072 vb 2022-06-29T14:56:46Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603812#M13075 <P>looks like its in default&gt;server.conf as&nbsp;sslPassword , any way to encrypt this while starting splunk ?</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:13:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603812#M13075 vb 2022-06-29T16:13:03Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603815#M13077 <P>All passwords should be on local versions to get those encrypted. You never should edit any default versions!</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:16:11 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603815#M13077 isoutamo 2022-06-29T16:16:11Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603817#M13078 <P>local version already having below&nbsp;</P><P>[sslConfig]<BR />sslPassword = $7$wSzCbriq823AZTb1HjN7NP8TWXmFZu6R5WvTaFk1/4Rd+L/V66Rkkw==</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>problem is , I was using this splunk installation from last few years on my laptop , now one of my new company policy triggered alert due to that clear text password while starting splunkd , looking out way to avoid this , any help in this is appreciated , thanks</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 16:23:09 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Enterprise/How-to-avoid-clear-text-password-while-calling-splunkd-exe/m-p/603817#M13078 vb 2022-06-29T16:23:09Z