On 13-06-2008 12:40:04 -0700, Rt Ibmer wrote:
This is to be expected, since databases created with monetdb/merovingian are not compatible with manually started databases. Merovingian adds a layer of security to your databases, using an encryption key.
Thanks. I asked on the list previously but did not see any answer - can someone explain what then merovingian uses for the user name / password by default, if not monetdb/monetdb? There is some cryptic info in the .conf file that says some setting is ignored if using merovingian but it doesn't go on to then say what setting IS used...
merovingian sets the vault key, the thing that mserver5 complains about when it is not set (which is the default). This key is used to cypher and decypher your passwords. Hence, if you use another vault key, the passwords can no longer be decyhered to the value you think it should be.