Disabling and re-enabling the remember-password feature

Use the installutil setmasterproperty subcommand to disable and re-enable the remember-password feature for a database set.

The value of the REMEMBER_PASSWORD master property for a database set determines whether a user can save their password across logon sessions. HCL Compass clients display this option in the login dialog box. As an administrator, you can disable and re-enable the remember-password feature for a database set by using the use the installutil setmasterproperty subcommand.

When a HCL Compass client logs on to a database, it checks the REMEMBER_PASSWORD master property. If the value is FALSE, then any saved password is removed and a dialog box displays notifying the user of the change. In addition, the connection is marked in an existing file stored on disk so that the remember-password feature is not available the next time the user connections to the database set.

Therefore, HCL Compass client users do not have their saved passwords removed and the feature disabled until after they log on again by using their saved password. This is because there is no way for the HCL Compass client to check if the feature is disabled until after establishing a connection to the database. After logging on, any saved passwords are immediately removed.

If the administrator later re-enables the remember-password feature, then the next time the user logs on, this feature is available.