Re: Unix UID

In <C630w2.2z2@newsserver.technet.sg> scornd7@technet.sg (Tang Chang Thai) writes: >Does anybody know whether the Unix UID is significant when a client establish >a database connection to the server? For example, if at the server end, there >is a user id called xyz with uid 100, at the client end, is it ok to have >a user id xyz with a different user uid say 99? Will the server still accept >the client as a valid user? Yes, the name is validated, not the number (there might not be a number since the client may not be UNIX). graeme -- Disclaimer: The author's opinions are his own, and not necessarily those of Pyramid Technology Ltd. or Pyramid Technology Inc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -m------- Graeme Sargent Voice: +44 (0)252 373035 ---mmm----- Senior Database Consultant Fax : +44 (0)252 373135 -----mmmmm--- Pyramid Technology Ltd. Telex: Tell who??? -------mmmmmmm- Farnborough, Hants GU14 7PL Email: graeme@pyra.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the technology. The tricky bit is learning how to use it.