| Subject | Re: [firebird-support] ODBC connection to remote database |
|---|---|
| Author | Doug Chamberlin |
| Post date | 2011-05-18T23:49:52Z |
On 5/18/11 7:44 PM, Helen Borrie wrote:
interpreted incorrectly. I think what she meant was that the db host is
able to be communicated with by the client host across the network. The
database file itself does not need to be "seen" by the client (and, if
security matters to you, should not be accessible outside the db host).
So remove the share and remove the mapping to it.
> So - suppose that, on the host machine, you have the database in c:\db\mrt_db.fdb on a machine called Myserver that is visible to others in the network, included the client machine that you want to connect from.Helen's response is correct but it struck me that this part might be
interpreted incorrectly. I think what she meant was that the db host is
able to be communicated with by the client host across the network. The
database file itself does not need to be "seen" by the client (and, if
security matters to you, should not be accessible outside the db host).
So remove the share and remove the mapping to it.