Automatic syndication - how to set password of users in mdss.ini file

[Former Member]

We are in process of setting automatic syndication.

Our Environment is :

MDM 5.5 sp5 patch2 hotfix 14

OS: Windows 2003

DB: Oracle 10.2

We set up the automatic syndication. This is working fine for all therepositories.

Now the problem is that for any repository If password of Admin user isblank then it is working and If we set the password of Admin user to some password which is not blank then it is not working.

In Syndicator server's log we get the error "Auto syndication failed connecting to a repository"

We can not use the blank password for Admin user. And if we use some non balank password then it is not working.

Please advise if some one faced the same problem.

regards

Saurabh

[michael_theis · Accepted solution]

Hi Saurabh,

you've got to set user and password in mdss.ini.

1. Open the mdss.ini (you can use a simple editor like notepad or wordpad for this)

2. Locate your repository

3. Define a the admin user, syntax is: User=Admin

4. Define the password for the user, syntax is: Password=<Your Password>

You can add the password in plain text. Make sure that the password is exactly the same as defined in console. When you start MDSS, it will automatically encrypt the password (you can check this by opening MDSS.ini again, there should be an entry like PasswordE=<some encrypted password> visible). If you change your password, simply delete the PasswordE entry and enter the new password as described above.

BR Michael

[Former Member]

Hi,

Verify the following parameter settings in the mdss.ini file:

· Server

· Login

· Password

MDSS must be able to connect to the MDS in order to syndicate records from a repository. The Server, Login, and Password parameters in the mdss.ini file tell MDSS which MDS to connect to and what login and password credentials to use when connecting. If the login and password values in the mdss.ini file do not match a login and password combination specified for a repository in the MDM Console, MDSS will not be able to connect to the MDS.

Regards

Nisha