Re: Issues in Informix

The default permissions are listed in the $INFORMIXDIR/etc directory in a set of files named <product>files where <product> is the name of the Informix product which installed the files. This also contains owner and group names for each file. James Chin <jchin@openlinksw To: informix-list@iiug.org .com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Issues in Informix owner-informix-li st@iiug.org 20/05/2003 08:42 Please respond to James Chin Hi Dave, On Fri, 16 May 2003 23:47:42 -0600, David Mendez <dhmendez@mail.cinvestav.mx> wrote: >I need to implement some aspects related to security in a database >Informix: I have no experience in Informix so is more complicated, and I >have several issues: > >' The default permission were changed to 777 or 755 in some files of the >following dirs /informix, /informix/bin, /informix/etc, so it's too >risky.I need the default installation permissions. Where can I get a >list of them???? > >' Is it possible to create a Script in order to verify informix tables >and databases permissions??? > >' And I finally I need to restrict access application through ODBC's to >a DB. For example I do not want to allow connections from excel or lotus >to my DB, I only want to allow connections from one specific >application. Is it this possible??? Is there any solution for this >purpose??? > >Thanks in advance > >Dave OpenLink's Multi-Tier ODBC Drivers can provide the degree of granularity that you are looking for. Not only can the Multi-Tier ODBC Drivers restrict access based on the application, it can do so based on username, client operating system and machine-name (or IP address). You can download the drivers for a free evaluation from: http://www.openlinksw.com Regards, James Chin OpenLink Software Universal Data Access Middleware Providers http://www.openlinksw.com