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From: tim@binky.sybase.com (Tim Wood)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,biz.comp.software
Subject: Re: Which RDBMS need setUID root?  Informix?
Keywords: Unix, Security
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Date: 22 Nov 89 18:12:05 GMT
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In article <6006@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> wcs@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 ho95c.att.com!wcs) writes:
>We're trying to pick an RDBMS to do applications in a secure computer
>environment, so we need to find one that doesn't use setUID root.
>SetUID to some specific user is ok, but root is out.
>
>What's out there?  ....
>-- 
># Bill Stewart, AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ 201-949-0705 api.att.com!wcs

Sybase doesn't use setuid at all.  
-TW

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