Re: Q: Informix & Large Unix password files

> IMHO, it's rather difficult to mantain 50,000 Unix users. Maybe, > you can > replace them with only 2 ? > First user ID can be used to log in to unix. It has no rights > granted on the database. (And, maybe, no password) It can only run > application with SUID to second user. Second user has some rights on > database, and application must perform their own authentication. If user > names and encrypted passwords are stored in the indexed table, access > time can be more acceptable. This could cause other problems though couldn't it? I mean you'd have to massively increase the number of processes and open files available to a user to cope with the large number of "real" users logging in as a single user. This will have a knock-on effect on other areas of the kernel. This, of course, may all be bunk. ------------------------------------------------------------------- These are *my* opinions. Please don't make the mistake of believing anybody else is stupid enough to think like this! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuart Hemming | shemminga@cix.compulink.co.uk The Data Base | Tel: + 44 (0) 115 925 0005 Nottingham UK | Fax: + 44 (0) 115 925 0951 -------------------------------------------------------------------