Welcome back from vacation!
@aheinecke Yes I am 1000% sure the passphrase is "dave" without the quotes.
These are the commands I use for the encrypt using the IBM Encryption Facility:
-o '/home/suimgwy/_july1.pbe' \
-s2k-cipher-name AES_256 -s2k-digest-name SHA256 -s2k-mode 3 \
-s2k-passphrase dave \
-t ISO-8859-1 \
-use-mdc \
-c '/home/suimgwy/_input.txt'
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