Network Security and Trust Relationships
Since the Informix database products stem from a UNIX environment, it is not surprising that the model for security is the UNIX model. In a UNIX environment it is required that a user have a valid entry in the /etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow) files. Informix uses the UNIX security to decide whether or not to let the user into the system, and Informix takes the security a step further by specifying access to tables and other data objects within the database itself. For now, we are just interested in the ability for a user to get into the system, that is, get past the UNIX security.
The dbaccess program is a good example of the nature of this security. When dbaccess starts up on a remote (client) machine, the ...
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