Question : I have got a colleague (software developer) working on Linux only. He connects to our SQL Server using […]
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SQL Server credentials – Maximum Password size
Question : What’s the maximum password size I can get on SQL Server 2012/2014? I was unable to find this […]
Log report ‘bad password’, but still grants access
Question : Original symptom: User sa locked out, too many bad attempts. Problem was sudden (no issues before), and pervasive […]
SQL Server – How does contained database user password expiration work?
Question : I’ve recently started working with contained databases and I do not understand if/how contained database users have passwords […]
How do I connect to mysql without having to type an empty password?
Question : I just installed MySQL, and by default the root user has no password. If I connect with this […]
Password encryption type
Question : I would like to confirm if MySQL uses SHA1 for ‘PASSSWORD’ hashing and why test below doesn’t work: […]
Fields for storing user passwords
Question : What coulmn heads would you need, generally speaking, for storing user passwords in a database, and what would […]
Alter user – is password stored in audit trails
Question : I was asked an interesting question the other day and I have not been able to find a […]
psql is not prompting me for a password, then denies access
Question : I’m using Postgres 9.4 on Debian Linux. I created a database with a user, cindex with access to […]
can’t update user password on Mongodb 4.0.5 (Use of SCRAM-SHA-256 requires undigested passwords)
Question : I’m trying to update a password from a user, using changeUserPassword(), and I just receive the following message: […]