By default, the workplace properties file (wkplc.properties) is located at the following directory on a Linux system.

/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/<your profile>/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc.properties

The WasPassword directive in the wkplc.properties file is used to define the WebSphere admin password that will be used when the ConfigEngine.sh script attempts to authenticate.

WasPassword=itsasecret

The soap.client.props file . . .

/opt/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/<your profile>/properties/soap.client.props

Should contain the same password, in cleartext.

com.ibm.SOAP.authenticationTarget=BasicAuth
com.ibm.SOAP.loginUserid=john.doe
com.ibm.SOAP.loginPassword=itsasecret

Or, in XOR encrypted format. If the password is XOR encrypted, java can be used to decode the XOR password.

com.ibm.SOAP.authenticationTarget=BasicAuth
com.ibm.SOAP.loginUserid=john.doe
com.ibm.SOAP.loginPassword={xor}CmcYbTc1aSVvJy5tEmc

If the PWordDelete directive is not included in the wkplc.properties file, or if the PWordDelete directive is set to true, after invoking the ConfigEngine.sh script, the WasPassword directive in the wkplc.properties file will be updated to ReplaceWithYourPwd, like this. If the PWordDelete directive is set to false, the WasPassword directive in the wkplc.properties file will retain your password. It is typically recommended to not include the PWordDelete directive, so that the WasPassword directive in the wkplc.properties gets updated to ReplaceWithYourPwd after the ConfigEngine.sh script has been used.

PortalAdminPwd=ReplaceWithYourPwd