Re: changing user passwords?

1 - if you want to ask more questions - provide an email address that is real. 2 - Informix does not do password checking - it relies on the OS to do that. So if you want to change passwords, change them at the OS level. cheers j. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel" <dhw377@nothing.no.spam.com> To: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:09 PM Subject: Re: changing user passwords? > > "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:bvub7u$102r6f$1@ID-64669.news.uni-berlin.de... > > Daniel wrote: > > > > > Hi fellow Informix users, > > > > > > Care for more questions? > > > > > > Lets say I have a database called xyz, and a user called joe that is > > > allowed to access it as dba. > > > > > > How can I change the password for joe? > > > > At the login prompt? > > > > Sure, why not? Uh, how do I get to the login prompt? :) > > If I could do it with Server Studio that would be great... > > > > And, how do I create a new user and set its password? > > > > Under Windows user administration? > > > > Not sure what you mean here. I do not want to create a Windows user account. > > > > Lastly, is there a way to change the default listening port once the > > > software has been installed, and if so how? > > > > You edit the services file in (I think) \\winnt\\system32\\drivers\\etc, then > > make a similar change to your SQLHOSTS in the Informix program group. > > > > > I am using Informix IDS 9.4 on Windows. > > > > > > Thanks all for your patience and help! > > > > Sure, but try to RTFM at some stage. :o) > > > > I don't have a manual as of yet...I'll just ask you or the group. :) > > > sending to informix-list