Feature Request: Password Prompt

[gauauu]

In SQLyog, I have a saved connection that uses SSH tunneling. For security reasons, I don't want to save the password with the connection, instead I'll enter it every time.

Currently, this is quite painful with the way SQLYog works. Reasonably, one would just expect it to show a password dialog where I can enter my password and continue each time I connect. Instead, I select my connection, it shows a prompt telling me my password needs to be entered, I press Ok, switch to the SSH tab, enter the password, hit connect, have to look at ANOTHER prompt asking me if I want to save my connection settings, and click no.

In this case, if no password is saved in the connection, can we just have a password prompt instead?

Thanks!

[peterlaursen]

I have moved your topic to the correct category.  It is a SQLyog question – not a MONyog one.

Now I think your proposal overlooks:

1) there may be different passwords for MySQL and SSH/HTTP(S) with authentication, so a single password prompt will not do.

2) user may one day decide to save a password he originally chose not to save. If we just open a prompt as you suggest the option to change this will not be available.

But I think that this “have to look at ANOTHER prompt asking me if I want to save my connection settings, and click no” should not happen if the checkbox 'save password' is unchecked as nothing of what is saved is changed.  Are you sure it does?

And btw: Please always tell your program version.  We did rework this lately (from your point of view it may be to the better or the worse!).

[gauauu]

'peterlaursen' wrote on '29:

Now I think your proposal overlooks:

1) there may be different passwords for MySQL and SSH/HTTP(S) with authentication, so a single password prompt will not do.

2) user may one day decide to save a password he originally chose not to save. If we just open a prompt as you suggest the option to change this will not be available.

Good point. Although I'd guess there's still a better UI solution than having to switch tabs and find the password field each time. But if the issue below is resolved, this would be much less annoying.

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But I think that this “have to look at ANOTHER prompt asking me if I want to save my connection settings, and click no” should not happen if the checkbox 'save password' is unchecked as nothing of what is saved is changed.  Are you sure it does?

I just tested this right now, and yes, I always see the prompt to ask if I want to save my connection settings.

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And btw: Please always tell your program version. We did rework this lately (from your point of view it may be to the better or the worse!).

SQLyog Ultimate – MySQL GUI v8.4

Thanks!

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