Re: Powerbuilder Connections to Informix

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/