Choosing Acceptable ISM User and Group Names

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Choosing Acceptable ISM User and Group Names

If you need to restrict the administrative users list so that it does not include root, informix, or Administrators, make sure that the administrative users list includes access to the user who started the ISM server. Typically this user is the system account.

The following list shows acceptable ISM user and group names.

Acceptable Usage: Example
local_group@hostname: root@jupiter; Administrators@jupiter
global_group@hostname: Domain_Admins@jupiter
account_name@hostname: jsmith@jupiter@informix.com
wildcard@hostname: *@jupiter
account_name@wildcard: jsmith@*

Important:

Be careful about using wildcards to grant users or groups administrative user privileges. If you use a wildcard before the @ sign, you grant ISM administrative user privileges to any user logged onto that system. If you use a wildcard after the @ sign, you grant ISM administrative user privileges to any group or account that is named before the @ sign, regardless of location. It is recommended that you avoid using wildcards when you grant administrative user privileges.

ISM does not recognize the following names:

@Domain name
@unresolved TCP/IP name

ISM displays the following error message:

Cannot establish a connection with server 'hostname': 
Server hostname: Unknown host.