Re: Powerbuilder Connections to Informix

kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz (Kerry Sainsbury) wrote: >In article <5m27u7$emc@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, >mayj@fdhc.state.fl.us ("May, James") wrote: > >>If we tell SetNet32 (Informix's connection configuration program) to >>request a password at runtime (i.e. get it from the PowerBuilder login >>process), we get an Informix error message (-956) stating that "The >>desired database server does not consider the client computer or your >>user ID trusted. Ask the system administrator to include the client >>computer as a trusted host...". That will never be allowed in our >>environment. >> >>If we tell SetNet32 to store the user's password (encrypted in the >>Registry), then we can connect just fine. However, at PB application >>login time, the UserId / Password values provided to PowerBuilder are >>totally ignored and the user is allowed to connect. I can type in "X" >>for a UserID and "X" for a password, or anything else (as long as it has >>a non-zero length), and be allowed into the application. Obviously, >>that is not acceptable either. >> >>Do you know if others are having these same problems, or have found ways >>around them? We are using the PFC, if that makes a difference. > >You're in luck :-) > >Go to setnet32's "Hosts" page and DELETE all the entries. They're just not >needed for anything, and generate stupid errors like those you've experienced. >I have had the exact same errors you have encountered. > > >Cheers, >Kerry S >------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ >Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.10 May 1997 >Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ >New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq > Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/ Changing setnet32 did not make Powerbuilder ask for a password. Is there a workaround to make Powerbuilder ask for a password at runtime? *************************************************************** Jay Aymond United Companies Life Insurance Company Email: jay@ulife.com ***************************************************************