| Subject | RE: Password management |
|---|---|
| Author | Leyne, Sean |
| Post date | 2013-01-18T22:36:01Z |
Rick,
As far as I can recall (I'm not running FB 2.5 myself, for a number of internal reasons), the old password approach is still supported. *If* you want to use AD you can, but it is not required.
Sean
> We are currently running Firebird 1.5 on a physical server running Linux.Are you sure that's true?
> Automated server processes have the database password hardcoded.
> We are migrating to FB 2.5 on Linux VMs. Since FB only integrates with
> Windows Active Directory authentication, does anyone have suggestions on
> how to manage passwords without continuing to hard-code them?
As far as I can recall (I'm not running FB 2.5 myself, for a number of internal reasons), the old password approach is still supported. *If* you want to use AD you can, but it is not required.
Sean