javax.crypto.BadPaddingException using config.properties file

Question

I am using data loader CLI for upserting users. I have a config.properties with following content:

sfdc.endpoint=https://pqr.salesforce.com 
[email protected] 
sfdc.password=xxxxx

When I execute the process from process-conf.xml, I get following error:

ERROR [userUpsert] config.Config decryptProperty (Config.java:704) - Error loading parameter: sfdc.password of type: java.lang.String javax.crypto.BadPaddingException: Given final block not properly padded

Unable to run process userUpsert java.lang.RuntimeException: com.salesforce.dataloader.exception.ControllerInitializationException: Error loading config file: C:\Users\sohan_shirodkar\Desktop\HR_Feed_Automation\config.properties. Please make sure that it exists and is readable

Everything works perfectly fine when I keep properties file empty and hardcode those parameters in xml file. Please note that when I am initializing the parameters in properties file, I am deleting their entries from xml file. I hope this is correct.

I have also verified my encrypted password by decrypting it.

Answer 1

The trick here is to initialize process.encryptionKeyFile value in the properties file itself along with the password. What I feel from this is that both the keys process.encryptionKeyFile and sfdc.password need to be initialized at the same location i.e. either within the xml file or within the properties file.

I also had to escape all the backslashes(\) in the file path as follows:

process.encryptionKeyFile=C:\\Users\\sohan_shirodkar\\Desktop\\HR_Feed_Automation\key.txt