The EasyLobby SVM 10.

0 Database Authenticate Utility

This document describes the EasyLobby SVM 10.0 Authenticate utility, and its ability to alter how
EasyLobby SVM authenticates when it connects with the database. This authentication feature is available
for all EasyLobby SVM relational databases (SQL Server, MSDE, Oracle), but not for MS Access (the
local .evm database file).

Using the Authentication Utility

Run the utility by double-clicking the “Authenticate.exe” file, found in the Utilities sub-folder of your
SVM installation folder, typically C:\Program Files\EasyLobby\EasyLobby SVM 10.0. This will display
the main form of the utility, as shown below.

Standard Authentication – EasyLobby will always user the standard account credentials, “easyuser10”
for the user id and “door10maN+” for the password, when connecting to the database. Note that these are
the credentials created when you run the standard database creation script for your database. See
documentation in the SQL folder for more details. Standard Authentication is the default.

Alternate Authentication – EasyLobby will use these alternate credentials, entered in the User Id and
Password text boxes below, when connecting to the database.

Windows NT Authentication – EasyLobby will connect to the database using the credentials of the
current Windows login. You should make sure that this account can log in to the database server and has
permission on the EasyLobby database or schema. You can give an entire Windows security group
credentials on the database server, for example, the standard group called “Users”, or you could create a
new group called, for example, “EasyLobby Users”. When using this authentication mode you should set
the ODBC data source to the setting to connect using Windows Authentication.

Authenticate Utility Storage

The Authenticate utility saves (and retrieves) its settings from the local database file _options.el, found in
the SVM installation folder. EasyLobby SVM will retrieve these settings when it starts up and initially
connects to the database. Use the utility to alter how EasyLobby does its authentication.
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Automating Authenticate Utility Using Command Line Options

The Authenticate utility may be run from a command line or batch files in order to ease automatic
distribution of database password settings.

Syntax: Autenticate.exe [/nogui] [/option=n] [/userid=userid] [/password=password]

/nogui – When included, the Authenticate graphical user interface will not be displayed. The
settings will commit based on other options specified. When left out, the interface will be
displayed with the settings set to values based on other options specified.

/option=n where n can be 0,1,2 or 3. This switch sets the type of authentication used. The
numbers represent the authentication type as listed on the graphical user interface with 0 starting at
the top of the window, i.e. 0 – Standard Authentication; 1 – Alternate Authentication; 2 – Wrapper
Authentication; 3 – Windows NT Authentication.

/userid=userid where userid is the login name to the database. This option sets the SQL login
name for SQL authentication or wrapper authentication. Only valid with /option=1 and 2.

/password=password where password is the password to be used with the login name specified in
the userid setting. Only valid with /option=1 and 2.

Technical Support

For more information or support on the authenticate utility, please contact EasyLobby, Inc. at
support@easylobby.com or at 866-607-7339 option 8.

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