Keystore change passwords
Question
I currently have a keystore, with a particular password that only I should know. I now need to give access to that keystore to someone else, so I would like to either:
1) Change the password, so I can share it with others and let them sign
2) Create a different password and allow them to sign with it.
Is this possible? and - if yes - how?
Accepted Answer
Keystore only has one password. You can change it using keytool:
keytool -storepasswd -keystore my.keystore
To change the key's password:
keytool -keypasswd -alias <key_name> -keystore my.keystore
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[How can I] Change the password, so I can share it with others and let them sign
Using keytool:
keytool -storepasswd -keystore /path/to/keystore
Enter keystore password: changeit
New keystore password: new-password
Re-enter new keystore password: new-password
Changing keystore password
$ keytool -storepasswd -keystore keystorename
Enter keystore password: <old password>
New keystore password: <new password>
Re-enter new keystore password: <new password>
Changing keystore alias password
$keytool -keypasswd -keystore keystorename -alias aliasname
Enter keystore password:
New key password for <aliasname>:
Re-enter new key password for <aliasname>:
Note:
**Keystorename**: name of your keystore(with path if you are indifferent folder)
**aliasname**: alias name you used when creating (if name has space you can use \)
for example: $keytool -keypasswd -keystore keystorename -alias stop\ watch
To change the password for a key myalias inside of the keystore mykeyfile:
keytool -keystore mykeyfile -keypasswd -alias myalias
If the keystore contains other key-entries with different password you have to change them also or you can isolate your key to different keystore using below command,
keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore mystore.jck -destkeystore myotherstore.jks -srcstoretype jceks
-deststoretype jks -srcstorepass mystorepass -deststorepass myotherstorepass -srcalias myserverkey
-destalias myotherserverkey -srckeypass mykeypass -destkeypass myotherkeypass
There are so many answers here, but if you're trying to change the jks password on a Mac in Android Studio. Here are the easiest steps I could find
1) Open Terminal and cd to where your .jks is located
2) keytool -storepasswd -new NEWPASSWORD -keystore YOURKEYSTORE.jks
3) enter your current password