Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Base: connecting to a DB without requiring a password

Thanks for the help and pointer!


On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Andreas Säger <villeroy@t-online.de> wrote:

> Am 22.12.2015 um 20:26 schrieb Blake McBride:
> > I am trying to build a simple interface app for a user.  With 35 years
> > experience in software development, I can tell you:
> >
> > 1.  It is customary to password protect a database to prevent
> unauthorized
> > access.
> >
> > 2.  It is customary for applications that validate a user to have the
> > password embedded in the program so that each user doesn't have to know
> the
> > DB password.
>
> You can store the password in the database document but the GUI does not
> offer this option. The database document is zipped XML with no
> encryption. If you save the user's database password in the document,
> anybody with a zip tool and editor can read it.
>
> > That is what I am trying to do with Base.  (Also, I see no relationship
> > between your link and my question.)
>
> As a professional with 35 years experience in software development you
> should be able to read. If you had one drink too many, the screenshot
> indicates clearly that my tool can store the log-in flag, the user name
> and the passord (together with jdbc:hsqldb: connection parameters).
>
> If you have any problem with code written by hobbyists, you may be
> satisfied with this reference:
>
> >
> http://api.libreoffice.org/docs/idl/ref/servicecom_1_1sun_1_1star_1_1sdb_1_1DataSource.html
>
> which should help you to write your own code storing a password in a
> database document.
>
>
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