Re: Informix security

On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, John Carlson wrote: > Anyone out there setting permissions at the user level? I'd like to > implement basic security on our system at the table level. DB > Privileges would be an option, but HP is not on the port list for 4gl, > only RDS (which we don't use). I'm not sure about BMC or Platinum; I've > heard that those software packages can be a resource hog. > > Any options? What options? > > TIA > > John Carlson > Informix DBA > WH Smith, Inc. > We have done some initial testing of security using ROLES, as we are getting ready to put our medical database on the net. It looks promising, and it may be what you are looking for. ROLES are discussed in the Guide to 7.1 Feature Enhancements, and I have a good article on them that was passed on to me by Lester Knutsen of the Washington users group. I can pass it along if you are interested. ==================================================================== Harold Luse Phone: (970) 491-4120 Applications Programmer Fax: (970) 491-1275 Veterinary Teaching Hospital E-mail: hluse@vth.colostate.edu Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado USA ====================================================================