Re: Issues in Informix

David Mendez 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???? There should be a list of files in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/*files > > ' Is it possible to create a Script in order to verify informix tables > and databases permissions??? Dead easy, use the files above > > ' 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??? Don't think you can do this. > > Thanks in advance > > Dave -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #