Re: onstat: Shared memory: permission denied???

Scott Black wrote: > > At this point I think I should explain I don't give this group to > everyone. It only goes to MIS personnel. And it only happens when they > have been here sufficiently long to indicate that they know what they > are doing (at the same time they get the root password(s), and 'grant > DBA to [...]') You must employ a rosy faced bunch of techies who all get 8 hours sleep every night, never make mistakes and greet you with a smile every morning. :-) In my experience the worst damage was caused by people who knew what they were doing. Dangerous stuff, knowledge. ;-) > >From the responses that I have gotten, there doesn't seem to be any > reason that Informix itself doesn't like this (database integrity > issues) it is a simply matter of trust of the skill level of the people > within the group. If you have a large shop and some people are rookies, > then by all means don't put them in the Informix group. On the other > hand, don't blindly go around chanting: "Never use group Informix" as > seems to be the mantra that you see in this forum. > > Using the group Informix can be of some slight advantage, and there > isn't necessarily any SOFTWARE reason not to, only security reasons. Which means there is NO reason not to, seeing as you trust ALL your people. ;-) I have seen over the years what lusers can do, what users are capable of and what techies can do. So I don't consider myself 'blind' to the concept, but I WILL continue to chant the mantra "never add users to group Informix", in this forum and any other pertinent forum. That's the great thing about this forum, lots of advice so you can choose which you take. :-) > ...Next week I'll bring up the question: > "Why not create every database/table/index/procedure/trigger as user > informix?" Can't wait. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+