The Replication Agent Administration Port

When you create a Replication Agent instance, you specify a client socket port number for its administration port. Client applications use this port to connect to the Replication Agent.

The administration port allows Open Client (or Open Client-compatible) applications to log in and execute Replication Agent commands. You can use any Sybase Open Client interface utility (such as isql or SQL Advantage®) to connect to the Replication Agent administration port.

• Interfaces File Entries
  In general, Open Client applications (such as isql) require an interfaces file to identify available servers, host machines, and client ports. On Windows, the interfaces file is named sql.ini; on UNIX, the interfaces file is named interfaces.
• Logging in to a Replication Agent Instance Using isql
  You can use the isql interactive SQL utility to log in to the Replication Agent administration port.
• Creating or Changing the Replication Agent Administrator Login
  Each Replication Agent instance has only one administrator login. The default administrator login (sa, with no password) is created when the Replication Agent instance is created.