MobiLink Synchronization User's Guide
  Authenticating MobiLink Users

Providing initial passwords for users

The password for each user is stored along with the user name in the ml_user table. You can provide initial passwords from Sybase Central, or using the dbmluser command line utility.

Sybase Central is a convenient way of adding individual users and passwords. The dbmluser utility is useful for batch additions.

If you create a user with no password, then MobiLink performs no user authentication for that user: they can connect and synchronize without supplying a password.

To provide an initial MobiLink password for a user (Sybase Central)

1. Connect to the consolidated database from Sybase Central using the MobiLink plug-in.

2. Open the Users folder.

3. Double-click Add User. The Add User wizard appears.

4. Supply a user name and an optional password.

5. Click Finish to complete the task.

To provide initial MobiLink passwords (command line)

1. Create a file with a single user name and password on each line, separated by white space.

2. Open a command prompt, and execute the dbmluser command line utility. For example:

   dbmluser -c "dsn=my_dsn" -f password-file

   In this command line, the -c option specifies an ODBC connection to the consolidated database. The -f option specifies the file containing the user names and passwords.

   For information about dblmuser, see MobiLink user authentication utility.