Passwords

The drivers provide a text field to store a user password on the SAS/SHARE Options dialog box when you define a connection to a SAS/SHARE server or an SPD Server. If you provide a password, then the driver encrypts the password and stores the encrypted value in the Windows registry.
If you do not provide a password, when you use the DSN in an application, the Enter User Name and Password dialog box prompts for credentials. If you do not want to store encrypted passwords, the driver can accept credentials from the application. For more information, see Userid/Password Override.