Setting a password for the Klocwork database

You may already have provided some security for the Klocwork Servers with a firewall, but anyone who has access to the Klocwork Servers can still connect to the database and view the tables.

You can restrict access to the tables with a database password. People will be able to use Validate without the extra database password, but people who use tables or people who create or view database reports with a third-party reporting tool will need it. This applies both to the Klocwork Database Server or to a separate database.

Before you can set a database password:

• the Klocwork Servers must be running. For information, see Starting the Klocwork Servers.
• In access control, you must have the "Projects root admin" role. (If you are the person who set up access control with kwauthconfig and started the servers, you have the Projects_root admin role.)

To set a password for a Klocwork database:

1. Start kwauthconfig, as follows:

   • Windows: Click Start > All Programs > Klocwork 24.2 > Klocwork Security Configuration. Alternatively, from <server_install>/bin, run kwauthconfigw.

   • Other: From <server_install>/bin, run kwauthconfig.

1. Click Set Database Password.

   The Set Database Password dialog opens.

2. If you are changing a password, enter the old database password.
3. Enter a new database password.
4. Confirm the new database password.
5. Click OK.

   Now, no one will be able to access tables in the projects_root database without the password.

6. Give the password to the build engineer(s) and to any users who use third-party reporting tools.