Re: Any user can create a database ???

Valery wrote... >Er...are your users of group "informix" ????? Doesn't matter. As stated, any user that can access the server can create a database...in the "standard" OnLine. I believe that the secure database features now bundled in with ODS allow you to prevent this, however, but check with somebody with experience on that beastie. David > >Alan W. Stanke <aws@itd.ssb.com> wrote in article <3365F992.648@itd.ssb.com >>... >> It seems to me that Informix Online (I am using 7.22) will let any user >> who can connect to a server can create a database!!! >> >> I guess Informix was designed with the asssumption that users would >> only be allowed to access data through >application code. In other words, >> no ad hoc tools such as DBACCESS would be allowed! >> >> This does not seem like a very secure environment! >> >>So the BIG QUESTION IS: >> HOW DO YOU PREVENT USERS WITH AD HOC ACCESS TO INFORMIX >> FROM CREATING DATABASES??? >>