EMS error: unable to obtain password

If you see this message and you are running TIBCO EMS as daemon (using daemonize or nohup utilities), you need to provide some password to your SSL certificates in config files. The problem is simple - EMS prompts for it at the start and since you damonized the process it cannot read from standard input. That causes the message.

You can also use -ssl_password "" at your command line. Or provide something in the config. For example "aaa" is a good start ;-)