Re: Question about permissions used on onconfig and sqlhosts files

Andrew Hamm wrote: > I've long whinged bitterly at people who install Informix into the same > directory that is the informix account's home. Unfortunately nothing hase > been done traditionally to prevent this. My complaint about people who do > that is, they do work using the informix account and leave all sorts of crap > lying around. Is there any way to enforce that $INFORMIXDIR != ~informix ??? > or make $INFORMIXDIR completely unwritable? You can set the home directory of the informix user to whatever you want. That is entirely under the control of UNIX. I've been to many sites where $INFORMIXDIR and ~informix are different. Personally I find that mildly irritating, as when I login as informix I expect to be administering informix S/W. The simplest form of security, IMHO, is to treat the informix password just as you do the root password. Of course, if you've seen how some people treat the root password, then you will know that it's not much help. ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list