Re: Informix Online 5.0 and Informix STAR to connect machine A and B but access only from A to B

Joerg Spilker wrote: > from the documentation of Online 5.0 and STAR it's not clear to me, if > the connection between Online Servers on machine A and B is always a > two way connection? > > Is it possible to configure machine A and B so that a DATABASE db1@B > works from A but DATABASE db1@A from B doesn't work? With OnLine 5, I think you have to run sqlexecd on B to allow A to connect to it, and you have to run sqlexecd on A to allow B to connect to it. If that's correct (and I'm rusty on 5.0 I-Star setups, so don't take my word for it without checking on my assumption), then if you don't run the sqlexecd on A, then B cannot connect to A. This avoids problems with /etc/hosts.equiv and .rhosts files. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>