Raymond Familar wrote:
> Hi all.
> I am going thru an audit.  (Oh yeah!)
> Can an SM user update a DB in another account?  I am thinking maybe they
> could but would require a DB password.
> Thanks.
> Ray
>   

Depends on the meaning of 'update'.
This term can be construed to be as restrictive as using DBUPDATE to 
change an entry.
It can also refer to UPDATE access DBOPEN MODE 2. Very rarely seen.
To get very specific update can mean that the modify date changed in the 
file label of one or more Image related files.
To get very general, of course an SM user can 'update' the database via 
a restore from tape.

As others have pointed out, it is a trivial matter for an SM user to get 
and use the Image passwords.
And, as we have unfortunately seen, it is not uncommon for an SM users 
to corrupt an Image database
using the restore command(: Oops, I thought I was signed onto the test 
account.

Good Luck in the Audit, hope they don't see these emails:)
Mike Hornsby
CTO/CoFounder
Beechglen Development Inc.
HP3000 Support Since 1988

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