Re: create user

On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 08:40:52PM +0000, rlwlody@my-dejanews.com wrote: > In article <36FFB0AB.2CDD@bloomberg.net>, > kagel@bloomberg.net wrote: > > Benno Eiwen wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > do you have to create a standard user account on a unix box, if yu want to > > > connnect to an Informix DB? > > > > > > I did "grant connect to newuser" and "grant all on mytable to newuser" > > > I still can't access the database. If I create the user on the unix box > > > "useradd newuser" it works. > > > > > > Is there some other way to connect to Informix without an unix account? > > > > The user must exist on the UNIX system where the server resides and > > has to have a home directory, HOWEVER, the account does not have to be > > login-able (ie need not have a valid password). > > > > Art S. Kagel > > > > Could you please elaborate on the user will have unix account and a home > directory but not have a vaild password. > > What is the Informix password then for that user, if the unix account does not > have a valid password? > > Thanks, > Randy > rlwlody@promarkone.com Well, it will work if you will set the host equivalence (/etc/hosts.equiv). At least from another UNIX host. And you can set the account to "not login-able" simple by setting its shell to something like /bin/true (and of course setting a valid password, in which case you don't need the host equivalence setting). Best Regards, Octav -- Octav Chiriac Phone: (373) 2 21 20 96 NetInfo S.R.L. Fax: (373) 2 21 36 59 Chisinau (373) 2 24 00 83 Moldova, Republic of mailto:com@netinfo-moldova.com