Re: Run 4GL Program without Database Permissions?

: Does that mean that Informix ignores the "effective user id" which is : set by the SUID bit? This would mean that it is impossible to run a 4GL : program without having database permissions. In the meantime, I was led onto the (probably, still have to try!) right path by an e-mail from someone else at Informix: Informix programs do indeed use the "real user id", not the "effective user id". So I have to set the "real user id", which is something only root can do. So the program has to be suid root and has to set the "real user id" inside the program before any database connection is made. Having to write a program that is suid root send shivers down my spine, but I guess I'll have to live with that. Regards, Richard -- +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+ | Dr. Richard Spitz | INTERNET: spitz@ana.med.uni-muenchen.de | | EDV-Gruppe Anaesthesie | Tel : +49-89-7095-3413 | | Klinikum Grosshadern | FAX : +49-89-7095-8886 | | 81366 Munich, Germany | | +----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+