The CM4D.4ds file can be accessed by all of the CM4D products to connect to a single Site Database. The CM4D.4ds file can alternately contain the CM4D Database connection information for multiple unmanaged DataSources if a site with managed DataSources is not desired.
The new CM4D.4ds file provides multiple layers of protection:
· CM4D.4ds files are encrypted and can only be created and modified using the DbConnect application provided in the CM4D product suite.
· Access to the CM4D DbConnect.exe application can be restricted. Although any user can run DbConnect, Database passwords are hidden so that only users who know the Database passwords can successfully edit the CM4D.4ds file.
The site connection information (SITETYPE, SITENAME, SITEDATABASENAME, SITEUSERID and SITEPASSWORD) found in the CM4D.ini file in past versions is obsolete.