Login Credentialing Issues with Windows Automatic Authentication

[nguaetta]

When logging into our Git solution, Atlassian BitBucket Server, our IT department has configured credentials so that our Windows logins are the same as our BitBucket Server logins. So when Windows passwords change--mandated by our IT department every 90 days, the passwords are also changed for BitBucket Server as well as many other programs we use at our company. DbForge for SQL Server uses HTTP to login and must be changed manually, as far as I know.
Is there a way to insert a Windows Authentication certificate to automatically update credentials? This would save tremendous time for my data reporting department having to relink 16 databases every 90 days.

[alexa]

Unfortunately, we won't be able to implement this possibility soon since we don't know how the BitBucket server is configured, however we will investigate it.

In the closest product builds, we will add a possibility to change the password of the existing link with no need to relink. Before it's done, it can be workarounded as follows:

1. Open the following file (for example, with dbForge or Notepad):

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AppData\Devart\dbForge Studio for SQL Server\vc.xml

2. Find the following tags in the file:

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<Repository xsi:type="GitRepositoryInfoSerializationModel">
<Name>repository_name</Name>
...
<HttpAuthenticationInfo>
...
<Password>encrypted_password</Password>

<Password>encrypted_password</Password>

3. Backup the existing password for future use.
4. Open the linking wizard.
5. Select the Source Control Repository with the name specified in the tag:

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<Name>repository_name</Name>

6. Change the password, click 'OK' and close the wizard.
7. Reload the open vc.xml file in order the changes to take effect.
8. In the tag

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<Password>encrypted_password</Password>

a new encrypted password will display. Backup the password for future use as well.
9. Open the following file (for example, with dbForge or Notepad):

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AppData\Devart\dbForge Studio for SQL Server\SourceControl\sclinks.xml

10. Replace all entries of the old password to the new one.
11. Save the changes.
12. Restart dbForge.

[nguaetta]

I did not find this path on my PC. I followed the path that did have Devart\dBForge Studio for SQL Server and there was no vc.xml file. I searched the entire hard drive of both my Windows 7 Pro laptop and my Windows 7 Pro virtual machine and neither PC had a file anywhere on the hard drive with the name vc.xml. Please advise.

[alexa]

The path was for dbForge Studio for SQL Server. In case you are using dbForge Source Control for SQL Server, please use the following path:

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%appdata%\Devart\dbForge Source Control for SQL Server\vc.xml

[nguaetta]

I am using Enterprise DB Forge for SQL Server. I do not have a file called vc.xml following any path on my laptop or my VM. Please advise.

[alexa]

Could you please provide us a screenshot of the content of the folder from the PC with the existing links:

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%appdata%\Devart\dbForge Studio for SQL Server\

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