Progress
Database Administration
Guide and Reference


Maintaining Security

As a Progress database administrator, you want to ensure that only authorized users connect to a database, as well as prevent unauthorized users from modifying or removing database files and objects. This chapter describes how to maintain the security of your Progress database. It contains the following sections:

NOTE: For more information on compile-time and run-time security, see the chapter on providing data security in the Progress Programming Handbook .

CAUTION: Before changing your database’s security implementation, make a backup of the original database. This way you can restore the original database if you cannot undo some of the security measures you set. For example, if you are the sole security administrator and you forget your user ID or password, you might be denied access to the database and the data contained in it. However, if you have a backup of the original database, you can restore it. To prevent such a mishap, Progress Software Corporation recommends that you designate at least two security administrators for each database.

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