CredentialStore getPassword returns unreadable string.

Clarification on “CredentialStore” password management:

While retrieving the password stored in the credential store, using the “CredentialStoreAdmin tool”(using --showpw) i'm are getting unreadable/junk/encrypted(??) characters.

From the command **Usage**( CredentialStoreAdmin tool) below ; the --showpw option should return clear text.:

The CredentialStoreAdmin class is a command-line tool that provides complete access to the credential store backing file on the local machine.

      common        [required]:

      help: Display help for the commands for this tool

      add: Add a user account and password for a specified host to the credential store

      list: List all host names and user accounts contained in the credential store; use with:-

      --showpw: argument to display in cleartext

      -h: argument to list user name and password for the host

      remove: Remove the user account and password from the credential store for the specified account

      clear: Clear all content from the credential store

What is being done? The below use case illustrates the requirement.

Use Case:

1.       Store the vCenter/ESX/ESXi server password locally using credential store.
2.       Use the password stored in the credential store for automatic logon.
   1. Pass the password stored to open session with vCenter/ESX/ESXi server.

Also tried the same using **credstore_admin.pl** (from VMware vSphere SDK for Perl).

Here the password returned with “get” option is readable.

VMware WEB SDK Used(JAVA): VMware-vSphere-SDK-5.5.0-1284541

VMware PERL SDK Used VMware-vSphere-Perl-SDK-5.5.0-1384587

Let me know if this is the expected behavior if not how to get the password in human readable form.