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Setting up the Server Environment (Unix Host) 3-21
OS user authentication does not affect database login authentication. As
always, the RDBMS handles user authentication when a user connects to
a database in either of the following cases:
• through the Database Administration client
• within a Database Administration script
Group ID Strategy
Use the Unix set-group-ID mechanism to perform user authentication.
Change the group ID of the
pdbauth command file to the group ID of the
OS password files. (Usually, the group ID is
security.) Then, use the
chmod command to set the file access mode for the set-group-ID as
follows:
chgrp security $BMC_HOME/pdbauth
chmod 2555 $BMC_HOME/pdbauth
For users who want to start the Database Administration server and are
not the owner and are not in the group of
pdbauth. The mode should be
2555.
User ID Strategy
Use the Unix set-user-ID mechanism to perform user authentication.
Change the user ID of the
pdbauth command file to the user ID of the OS
password files. (Usually, the user ID is
root.) Then, use the chmod
command to set the set-user-ID file access mode as follows:
chown root $BMC_HOME/pdbauth
chmod 4555 $BMC_HOME/pdbauth
For users who want to start the Database Administration server and are
not the owner and are not in the group of
pdbauth. The mode should be
4555.
