> I'm glad you've found my suggestion useful. We only recently discovered it > and have already used it to set up a couple of identical servers. Lynchy > and I figure that the reason why passwords need to be reset on datasources > is because CFMX generates a random encryption key when it installs and it > uses that to encrypt all passwords (this is only a theory). We haven't > found a workaround for this although I wonder what would happen > if you just > wrote all passwords into neo_query.xml in plaintext. Maybe they would get > encrypted by CFMX automatically... Your theory sounds about right. As for going the plain text route, I wouldn't bother. Going through each DSN and re-entering passwords is a minimal hassle (I only had 3 DSNs), certainly much easier than manually re-entering all the cfadmin settings.
> > Can I ask how did you get your CF5 settings into the XML files? Did you > upgrade on Linux then copied the XML files onto Win2k? No the CF5 box is still up and running on CF5, we just manually migrated all the settings. Cheers Mark ______________ Mark Stanton Web Production Gruden Pty Ltd Tel: 9956 6388 Mob: 0410 458 201 Fax: 9956 8433 www.gruden.com --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
