Re: Any user can create a database ???

Posted in 1997

Val�ry — 29 Apr 1997 17:24:03 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Er...are your users of group "informix" ????? 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??? >