RE: ODBC Security

One ongoing question I have about this, and I am interested in suggestions,
is how can you limit access to specific fields using ODBC. I hope it does
not involve increasing my security level from 30.

I have an item master file that contains an item description and a cost.
While I want some users to be able to access the basic item information, I
don't want them to view costs. (This is a typical situation that can be
applied to many files). Is there a way to limit visibility on specific
fields in the file with ODBC?

As Rob said, green screens were much easier to secure -- but ODBC and Excel
really makes some reports easy for the users.

Patrick Shrader



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> From: rob@dekko.com [SMTP:rob@dekko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 1:15 PM
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> Subject:      Re: ODBC Security
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> This message comes up on the list all the time.  Nice to see you're
> concerned.
> 
> Standard option is to have all files owned by a user who is NOT a group
> profile.  Have *PUBLIC have no authority, or *EXCLUDE,  to any file.  Then
> change all of your 5250/batch/etc programs to use adopted authority of the
> object owner.  I have an former coworker who had to implement this
> solution
> at his current place of employment.  Now comes the final question:  How do
> you let the people who really use ODBC and who have a legitimate reason,
> to
> access these files?  After all we don't want to limit the 400 to green
> screen only, do we?
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> The solutions may be numerous.  I am kind of anxious to here those.
> 
> 
> Rob Berendt
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> How does everyone deal with security on the 400 and the ability to use
> ODBC?
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> If production files are set to public authority to *change, what can I
> do.  users don't have access to manipulate the data from the AS/400 (I
> have
> taken all those ways away).  But even if a user with basically no
> authority
> gets on through ODBC they could do anything they want to the database.
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> What is there you can do?
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