Creating MobiLink users – PB Docs 125

To add a MobiLink user to a remote database in
Sybase Central:

1. Connect to Sybase Central as described
   in “Connecting to the database
   in Sybase Central”.

2. Open the MobiLink Users folder and select File>New>User
   from the Sybase Central menu.

3. Enter a name for the MobiLink user.

   The name is supplied to the MobiLink synchronization server
   during synchronization. In production databases, each user name
   is usually added to the consolidated database, then provided to
   the individual user.

4. Click Finish.

To configure MobiLink user properties in Sybase
Central:

1. Connect to Sybase Central as described
   in “Connecting to the database
   in Sybase Central”.

2. Open the MobiLink Users folder, right-click the
   MobiLink user, and select

   Properties from the pop-up menu.

3. Change the properties as needed.

To drop a MobiLink user in Sybase Central:

1. Connect to Sybase Central as described
   in “Connecting to the database
   in Sybase Central”.

2. Open the MobiLink Users folder, right-click the
   MobiLink user, and select

   Delete from the pop-up menu.

You must drop all subscriptions for a MobiLink user before
you drop the user from a remote database.

Adding MobiLink users
to the consolidated database

The consolidated database contains a table called ml_user that
is used to authenticate the names of MobiLink users when a synchronization
is requested. When you add a user to a remote database, you need
to be sure that the user is also added to the ml_user table.

You can add users automatically by selecting the Automatic
Addition of Users check box in the MobiLink Synchronization Server
Options dialog box and then starting the server. You open this dialog
box from the Utilities folder in the Database painter or Database
Profiles dialog box. You can also start the server from a command
prompt, passing it the -zu+ switch.

Any users defined in the remote database are added to the ml_user table
in the consolidated database, as long as the script for the authenticate_user connection
event is undefined. Typically the -zu+ switch
is not used in a production environment. Names are usually added
to the ml_user table in the consolidated
database, then added to each of the remote databases. Each user is
given a unique name and optional password.