Re: Restricting ODBC access

Posted in 1998

Eric R. Gavin — Thu, 12 Feb 1998 15:13:19 -0800 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>> [ DBA's nightmare with ODBC access ] >> Can anyone come up with a way to prevent database access via ODBC? I >> can't simply deny ODBC drivers to all PC users - there are other >> databases to be accessed. Uh, I'm not sure what the problem is, but the ODBC driver that I use asks me for a password. Informix has built-in security in it's roles and priveleges. What's the problem? If it's password encryption that's a problem, that's out of my field. But the ODBC I rely on is not a double-click and you're in kind of thing. You need a password. Eric Gavin