Setting the DMDB variable to DMDB=< BaseDB >@<SID > should stop Dimensions prompting for a password. This has to be in a Dimensions server installation only and it doesn't work for Dimensions client installation. Also you can modify the dimensions.rc
This is reproducible here with intermediate db and default Dim 10.1.1 installation. The problem is showing with the screen shot in the document attached to this solution 1) Create a work area under dmcli and description field with accented characters like : éèàçù
For non secure DB Accounts you would simply supply the -dbpass option with the database password. If the DB account is secure, then you would still supply the -dbpass option, but with the value ".