Autenthication on IDS 11.50 server on WINDOWS
Hi Folks I hope everybody is doing good I have a stupid question regarding security on windows for a user to be authenticated on a xNIX IDS server, you need either to declare the client hosts in /etc/hosts.equiv file + declare a ~/.rhost file is the user's directory on the IFMX server OR starting 12.10, use both files declared for the ONCONFIG parameter REMOTE_SERVER_CFG and REMOTE_USERS_CFG the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG but how can I do the same with IFMX 11.50 on a WINDOWS server ? my customer is due to migrate to a recent version, but had enormous production damage and needs to rebuit a new instance 'AS IS' from scratch. We are almost done, we just need to autenthicate users and the official doc is ... how can I say ..... Thanks a lot eric Eric Vercelletto Data Management Architect and Owner / Begooden IT Consulting KandooERP Founder and CTO IBM Champion 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Tel: +33(0) 298 51 3210 Mob : +33(0)626 52 50 68 skype: begooden-it Google Hangout: eric.vercelletto@begooden-it.com Email: eric.vercelletto@begooden-it.com www : http://www.vercelletto.com www https://kandooerp.org
Hi Eric, by "authenticate" you obviously mean "trust" (which could be called the opposite of authenticate ;-) )? Why would you think the REMOVER_SERVER_CFG + REMOTE_USERS_CFG would not apply equally to IDS on Windows? (And, btw., even "/etc/hosts.equiv" used to work on Windows, you only had to correctly locate it under %WINDIR%/system32/drivers/etc ... not sure this still is supported, though, but I'd assume nothing changed in Informix in this respect. I'm, of course, not advocating this approach!) BR, Andreas ------------------------------ Andreas Legner ------------------------------
Hi Andreas, Thanks for enhancing my security culture, I need that LOL! The question is that we are talking about IDS 11.50, and iMO REMOVER_SERVER_CFG has been introduced in 12.10 XXN ( or even 14.10, not sure). I will apply the hosts.equiv as you said. Thanks and have a great day! ERic Eric Vercelletto Data Management Architect and Owner / Begooden IT Consulting KandooERP Founder and CTO IBM Champion 2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 Tel: +33(0) 298 51 3210 Mob : +33(0)626 52 50 68 skype: begooden-it Google Hangout: eric.vercelletto@begooden-it.com Email: eric.vercelletto@begooden-it.com www : http://www.vercelletto.com www https://kandooerp.org