How to use the encrypted password for fence devices in the cluster configuration file?

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Issue

  • When the passwd_script option is used in /etc/cluster/cluster.conf file to specify the password for fence devices, it is required to use a custom script which will contain the actual password, is it possible to use encrypted password for fence devices?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 (with the High Availability Add on)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 (with the High Availability Add on)

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