RE: onstat: Shared memory: permission denied???

From: Scott Black <sblack@elsouth.com> > >At this point I think I should explain I don't give this group to >everyone. It only goes to MIS personnel. And it only happens when they >have been here sufficiently long to indicate that they know what they >are doing (at the same time they get the root password(s), and 'grant >DBA to [...]') Great. I reckon I'm going to apply for a job in MIS ar elsouth.com, definitely. >From the responses that I have gotten, there doesn't seem to be any >reason that Informix itself doesn't like this (database integrity >issues) it is a simply matter of trust of the skill level of the people >within the group. If you have a large shop and some people are rookies, >then by all means don't put them in the Informix group. On the other >hand, don't blindly go around chanting: "Never use group Informix" as >seems to be the mantra that you see in this forum. Just wait till it bites, mate. >Using the group Informix can be of some slight advantage, and there >isn't necessarily any SOFTWARE reason not to, only security reasons. > >...Next week I'll bring up the question: >"Why not create every database/table/index/procedure/trigger as user >informix?" Why not make everyone in the company a member of the bin and root groups too? ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com