Re: ODBC and Security

At 09:50 AM 3/4/96 -0600, Alex Fiore wrote: >Billy Wheeler wrote: >If your database is designed with no security precautions (everyone >logs in with the same user ID, all permissions are available to >public, etc.) than that is what you get. Anyone accessing the >database using any tool (whether via ODBC or not) will have >full access to your tables. Yep, that's basically what I meant... I have one or two clients (excuse the pun! :) who have massive staff turnover. Just managing /etc/passwd is going to be a mission. Time to start swotting up on ROLEs, I guess. -- Cheers, Billy. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- billy.wheeler@pixie.co.za +27 11 803 2151 p.o. box 3463, rivonia, rsa, 2128 +27 83 250 2324 i'm schizophrenic: my opinions are not those of me -----------------------------------------------------------------------------