Changing user names and passwords

You can change the user names, passwords, or both in multiple connection profiles at once.

About this task

You can use the Change User Names and Passwords in Connection Profiles dialog box to change only the user names and passwords in your connection profiles. To change other connection information, see Editing a database connection.

Procedure

  1. Open the Change User Names and Passwords in Connection Profiles dialog box from either the Administration Explorer or the Data Source Explorer:
    Option Description
    From the Administration Explorer: Right-click the connection profile that you want to update and then select Manage Connection > Change User Names and Passwords.
    From the Data Source Explorer: Right-click the connection profile that you want to update and click Change User Names and Passwords.
  2. Optional: Select additional connection profiles to simultaneously change the user names or passwords in those connection profiles. Each user name or password that you change will be changed to the same value for each connection that you specify.
  3. Specify a user name, password, or both, and then click Apply to save the changes.

Results

The changed user names and passwords are used when you reconnect to those databases.

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