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From: ggordon@agsm.ucla.edu (Glen Gordon)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Which RDBMS need setUID root?  Informix?
Keywords: Unix, Security
Message-ID: <1989Nov24.092221.15741@agsm.ucla.edu>
Date: 24 Nov 89 09:22:21 GMT
References: <6006@cbnewsh.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: ggordon@agsm.ucla.edu (Glen Gordon)
Organization: UCLA, Anderson Graduate School Of Management
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In article <6006@cbnewsh.ATT.COM> wcs@cbnewsh.ATT.COM (Bill Stewart ) 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?  The current versions of our application use Informix,
>but it appears to need root; are we mistaken, or will we have to can
>it and use something else?  Has anybody taken it and turned off setUID?

We are using Informix esqlc and 4gl on an HP9000 S850, 
set-uid informix, and everything works  fine.  Given a few more details, 
I am more than willing to help you figure out why it doesn't work for you.


-- 
Glen Gordon
UCLA, Anderson Graduate School Of Management