Configuration Server DB password

[PFCCWA]

Hello,

I am trying to understand and locate where our configuration server is receiving its username and password.
For example the confserv.cfg file contains a username (ie genesys), and password = apassword.
When we stopped/started the configuration server recently it would not start failing at sql authentication (config server log files).
However we noticed it was not using the same password as defined in the confserv.cfg whereas it was the same username.

Upon changing the database to the password it was attempting to use, did it connect as normal.

So I wonder where else could it be obtaining these details from?
The dbserver section of the configuration server contains the username as an option but not the password so am confused.
The command line arguments just contain -service ConfigServerST.

Our log DB also uses the same username (genesys), however has a different password (in its DAP) - could the configuration server be obtaining its password from there?

Thanks,
WA

[Kubig]

Password is stored in cfg file and after first start in options section of confserv application object. But may be crypted and the password option in this file contain only hash = if you use crypted password,but it is very strange recommended