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  • dgk
    #1

    SS2000 shows password in icon tooltip

    My co-worker, no idiot, says that the tooltip in the system tray for
    the SS2000 icon usually shows the computer and server, but once in a
    while shows the password (two slashes and the password).

    Is this a known bug of some sort? It really shouldn't be showing his
    password. It's likely the developer edition, but still, that isn't
    good.
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    • Oscar Santiesteban
      #2
      Re: SS2000 shows password in icon tooltip

      I believe the \\xxx is the name of the server. I the person that installed
      SQL server put the SA password as the server name, then he is an idiot. If
      you hover the mouse over the server with the green triangle, it will show
      that the sql server \\xxx is running.


      "dgk" <dgk@somewhere. comwrote in message
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      My co-worker, no idiot, says that the tooltip in the system tray for
      the SS2000 icon usually shows the computer and server, but once in a
      while shows the password (two slashes and the password).
      >
      Is this a known bug of some sort? It really shouldn't be showing his
      password. It's likely the developer edition, but still, that isn't
      good.

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        • dgk
          #3
          Re: SS2000 shows password in icon tooltip

          On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 20:53:05 -0500, "Oscar Santiesteban"
          <o_santiesteban @bellsouth.netw rote:
          >I believe the \\xxx is the name of the server. I the person that installed
          >SQL server put the SA password as the server name, then he is an idiot. If
          >you hover the mouse over the server with the green triangle, it will show
          >that the sql server \\xxx is running.
          >
          >
          >"dgk" <dgk@somewhere. comwrote in message
          >news:m1dnp219a i0ickedula7m7nt o04gvfgaf7@4ax. com...
          >My co-worker, no idiot, says that the tooltip in the system tray for
          >the SS2000 icon usually shows the computer and server, but once in a
          >while shows the password (two slashes and the password).
          >>
          >Is this a known bug of some sort? It really shouldn't be showing his
          >password. It's likely the developer edition, but still, that isn't
          >good.
          >
          Normally, almost all the time in fact, the tooltip does show the
          machine and sql instance name. But he claims that he has seen the
          password there on rare occasion. The only way to know if this is
          possible is to look at the code. It is entirely possible that some
          programmer used a variable that is periodically updating the tooltip,
          and used it for something else for a second. It won't be the first
          time that something unanticipated happened with a global variable.


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