RE: One user ID for all users

permissions and roles come to mind.... Wayne E. Martin Informix Database Administrator Kmart Corp. -----Original Message----- From: Jun Nolasco [mailto:nolasco@inx.net] Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:44 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: One user ID for all users Which begs the the question: how do people implement security for applications with 100 users? 1,000 users? 10,000 users? Jun Nolasco "Kevin J. Burdish" wrote: > > Hey gang! > The System Admistrator and the Application Developer here want to get > all users to log in with the same UNIX user ID for the application. This > would make their lives easier... In turn I'm sure this will make my life > harder (as it usually does!) > especially when trying to track down who has something locked etc. Can > someone give me the pros and cons of doing this? > I know Pro: we don't have to add and delete UNIX user id's every time a > new user wants to use the system. > and Con: It may not be possible to track down who has a lock on > something, who is using more resources etc. > > I'm sure there is a lot more, but can anybody advise me on what they > have done?? > > Please respond to kevin_burdish@timeinc.com as well as to the newsgroup. > > Thanks in advance! > Kevin