[freetds] FreeTDS/iODBC DSN with UID and PWD saved...

Frediano Ziglio freddy77 at gmail.com
Thu Nov 6 05:42:18 EST 2008


2008/11/4 Josh Jacob <josh.jacob at hansoninc.com>

> All,
>
>        I have an existing application I'm trying to run that is simply
> expecting a DSN name to connect to a database. I know that UID and
> PWD in the iODBC DSN don't get used by FreeTDS but don't know if I'm
> overlooking any other way to store the UID/PWD so the application
> doesn't need to provide it.
>
>        Security concerns aside, is there a way to store the UID/PWD on the
> filesystem so the user just needs to specify the DSN?
>

If I may suggest the better way is to create a limited account with no
password.

freddy77


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