Re: Puzzled: connect

Norbert.Heidbrink@home.of.the.brave.de wrote: > > Sorry, folks, for a basic question, but at the moment I am absolutely > puzzled and do not see anything. > > Scenario: > SERVER is a Linux machine. > There is IDS running von Computer SERVER. > On Computer SERVER there is a user "databaseowner" who has got access to > certain databases, tables, ... > > CLIENT is a Linux machine. > On Computer CLIENT there is user "joe" who wants to connect to a > database on SERVER via JDBC-calls. > So user "joe" initiates a connect, providing "databaseowner" as user > together with "databaseowner's" password. > > Basically, this is possible. Right or wrong? Correct. > If this is possible, who has to be trusted by SERVER? > User "joe" connecting from CLIENT > or user "databaseowner" connecting from CLIENT? CLIENT needs to be a trusted host to SERVER -OR- in databaseowner's .rhosts file user 'joe' on CLIENT needs to be trusted. > As a consequence of the above question: > In this setup, is it neccessary to have a user "joe" on machine SERVER? No. Art S. Kagel