Re: Prevents to connect from other apps

Posted in 2000

Art S. Kagel — Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:42:12 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Remove ALL permissions to the database from any user, including PUBLIC, except a single enabled userid which knowone knows about. Have the application connect to the server as that user using the connect statement options presenting username and password. Now the app can get to the data and no one else can! Art S. Kagel Eric BULEON wrote: > > Hello > > Informix 7.21/7.30 > > How can I prevent users to connect to the database from another program > than our application ? > Our application (running on Windows) connects to the DB through > Informix CLI/ODBC and we do not want the user to connect with another > program (from MS-Query or VBA for example). > > Thanks > > -- > Eric > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy.