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SecurityYou can secure your HCL OneDB™ database server and the data that is stored in your HCL OneDB™ databases. You can encrypt data, secure connections, control user privileges and access, and audit data security.
Security in HCL OneDB™The HCL OneDB™ Security Guide documents methods for keeping your data secure by preventing unauthorized viewing and altering of data or database objects, including how to use the secure-auditing facility of the database server.
Securing data
HCL OneDB™ directory securityHCL OneDB™ utilities and product directories are secure by default.
Users and group membership for running utilitiesMost utilities run as secure users and belong to a secure group.

Users and group membership for running utilities

Most utilities run as secure users and belong to a secure group.

The following database server utilities are SUID root and SGID informix:

onaudit
onbar_d
ondblog
onedcu
oninit
onmode
ON-Monitor
onshowaudit
onsmsync
onsnmp
onsrvapd
ontape
snmpdm

The following database server utilities are SGID informix:

oncheck
onedpdu
onload
onlog
onparams
onpload
onspaces
onstat
onunload
xtree

UNIX™ and Linux™ only: The previous utilities do not run if the installation path is not secure. This is a security precaution to help prevent tampering with your HCL OneDB™ installation.

Restriction: You cannot use the following utilities on HDR secondary servers, remote stand-alone (RS) secondary servers, or shared disk (SD) secondary servers:

archecker
HPL
dbimport
dbexport
dbload
ondblog
onload
onmonitor
onparams
onperf
onshowaudit
onsnmp
onspaces
onunload