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RE: Question on DBSA, Informix ID, and User IDs.

Posted By: Knox, Ernest
Date: Monday, 28 March 2011, at 5:14 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Question on DBSA, Informix ID, and User IDs. (Fernando Nunes)

We're trying to limit the use of the informix ID to only certain install
and build functions. After that we want to perform database maintain
from a generic DBA ID, but do we still know who that person is and what
they are doing?

How would a generic DBA ID be much different from the informix ID for
the actual informix DBA?

If we LDAP as ourselves and sudo to informix, you would know that
multiple people are logged on as informix and who they are.

If we LDAP as ourselves and sudo to a generic ID, you would know that
multiple people are logged on as that generic ID and who they are. You
would have to maybe change the password every 90 days or so, but do you
really get the security of not using the informix ID?

Just brainstorming.

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-----Original Message-----
From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
Fernando Nunes
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 4:59 PM
To: ids@iiug.org
Subject: Re: Question on DBSA, Informix ID, and User IDs. [23218]

I've found a bit difficult to understand your questions. if the answer
doesn't match your needs please say so.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Knox, Ernest
<Ernest.Knox@searshc.com>wrote:

> We have:
>
> =20
>
> IDS 11.5, 10, 9.4, 9.2, 8.31, and 7.30
>
>
My answers apply to 11.5, 10 and mostly if not all to 9.4 (assuming a
later
fixpack).
Never done this on 9.2 but it should work. Never worked with 8.x. 7.30
is
too old. I'm afraid somethings may have changed...
Needless to say you need to consider upgrading if you're using any of
these
versions except 11.5.

> OS AIX, SUN, HP, MP-RAS, and etc.
>
>
And maybe some of your OSes too...

> Has anyone instituted an LDAP user ID login to a db_admin group of dba

> IDs and then say that group be granted DBSA.
>

It should work as long as the system is configured to get user/group
info
from the LDAP. If the OS is happy with is, so should be Informix.

> Is it possible and how to be able to perform database DDL
modifications
> without being the informix ID? Sure we could probably login as the DBA

> of the database.
>
>
Yes. Any user can be granted DBA. And depending on the DML you want,
maybe
just ownership of the objects and/or RESOURCE privilege will be enough

> We want to only use the informix ID for installs, instance builds and
> maintenance, and informix environment establishment. But after that
the
> informix ID is not necessary to perform DDL maintenance.
>

This is just a refinement of the above. A DBSA can manage the instance
and a
DBA can run DML. Note that DBSA != DBA (but you can grant DBA to your
DBSAs)

> Any discussion thoughts on this subject would be appreciated.
>
>
My 2 cents... If you still have doubts, please explain them.
Regards.

--
Fernando Nunes
Portugal

http://informix-technology.blogspot.com
My email works... but I don't check it frequently...

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