Simplest way to connect from remote computer to Informix 15 server

Hello! Happy new year to all! What is the easiest solution to allow a remote connection to Informix 15, without having to specify a password for the (OS) current user? My client machine hostname is ida with domain strasbourg.4js.com I have tried INFORMIXDIR/etc/host.equiv with: ida ida.strasbourg.4js.com ida.strasbourg.4js.com[ida] But I get this error: -951 Incorrect password or user sf@ida.strasbourg.4js.com [ida] is not known on the database server. The client machine is a Windows 10 with Informix CSDK 4.50.FC8 installed ... This is for testing purpose in our local network without any sensitive data, so the solution can be non-secure. I know I can create internal-authenticated users with CREATE USER xxx WITH PASSWORD zzz and this is what we will use for most tests by doing CONNECT TO dbname USER xxx USING zzz But we also have several tests doing directly DATABASE dbname or CREATE DATABASE dbname ...without any user login / password Seb ------------------------------ Sebastien FLAESCH ------------------------------

Hello Sebastien, I think you need to set REMOTE_SERVER_CFG to authfile.$INFORMIXSERVER and S6_USE_REMOTE_SERVER_CFG to 1 in ONCONFIG. Than add the hosts you are trust to $INFORMIXDIR/etc/authfile.$INFORMIXSERVER (with domainname). Note: The file is only read during startup... Cheers, Markus ------------------------------ Markus Holzbauer ------------------------------

Thanks Markus! If figured that out yesterday, using REMOTE_SERVER_CFG hosts.equivwith hosts.equiv under INFORMIXDIR/etc and 644 permissions. Seb ------------------------------ Sebastien FLAESCH ------------------------------