Password encryption in Collector

These settings are found in Collector.ini.

Description

These settings determine whether the value saved in the Password setting in Collector.ini is encrypted:

UseEncryptedPassword 0 = Do not encrypt passwords.

1 = Encrypt passwords (default).

EncryptedPassword 0 = The password has not been encrypted yet. If UseEncryptedPassword=1, EncryptedPassword automatically changes to 1 after ReadSoft Collector connects to the database for the first time.

1 = The password is encrypted. (The value in the Password setting is encrypted.)

Note You cannot reverse an encrypted password by setting UseEncryptedPassword to 0. After a password is encrypted, it stays that way. However, you can use this setting when you change the password. For example, when you change the password for the login account used by ReadSoft Collector to access the database, you might want to test the password before encryption. So you set UseEncryptedPassword to 0. After you ensure that the password works, set UseEncryptedPassword back to 1.