Re: NEWERA -- Database Security

Mike Ripley (mike.ripley@excelsys.co.uk) wrote: : I think this question may have been asked before. : : On Windows 3.11 you can force users to enter a password to log on to the : network. If they enter incorrectly they still get the desktop but can't : connect to network drives. : : However this does not stop them connecting to the database through : Informix I-Net unless the server has password protection. : : I do not want the user to have to type in multiple passwords. What is : the recommended method? : Thanks On a similar vein.... We want users to be able to connect to our Informix Database, using our Newera Applications, and only OUR applications. It appears that using ODBC, any putz with excel or msaccess can happily wing over and modify our tables if our security is in the app, which it is, in our present UNIX versions. Is there a way that we can have some sort of certifying system in the middle that says that application X is connecting, so go ahead, otherwise..go away. This is the big thing holding us back from some major developpment in the PC access to our informix databases. Email is fine....headers are not munged in any particular way. -- If you're local to me, ask me about the Scout popcorn fundraising drive! Brian P. Hampson ASL Analytical Service Laboratories Ltd System Administrator, Vancouver, BC (604)253-4188 ----------------- http://www.asl-labs.bc.ca/ ---------------------------- These opinions are MINE I tell you ....all mine!!! (nobody else wants them)