Micro Focus Visual COBOL 3.0 for Eclipse (Windows) > Programming > Data Access > Database Connectors for Visual COBOL > Database Connectors User's Guide > Database Connectors for Microsoft SQL Server > Client Configuration > Setting Up the User Environment

Setting Up the User Environment

Restriction: This topic applies only when a Database Connectors license has been installed via the Micro Focus License Management System.

The previous step spoke of the need to use a valid user login. Once you have those details, you need to set them in your user environment by adding the values to the variables mentioned below.

To set up your user environment to use Database Connectors, you must do the following:

Set the A_MSSQL_LOGIN and A_MSSQL_PASSWD variables, either in your environment or in the ACUFH configuration file. Alternately, set the configuration variable A_MSSQL_NT_AUTHENTICATION to TRUE. For security reasons, it is best to set the password variable from your COBOL program by asking the user to enter a password and then executing:
```
SET ENVIRONMENT "A_MSSQL_PASSWD" TO user-entry
```
Make a personalized copy of the ACUFH configuration file and populate it with configuration variables to suit your requirements; see ACUFH Configuration File Variables for MSSQL for more information. Ensure the configuration file is in effect when you run your Database Connectors application.