Re: Where do I get drivers to allow a GIS software package

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Dave,

You're right, you can configure iSeries Access to limit your install, but 
does that truly limit what they can access?  The answer is no.  A crafty 
user might find his own copy of CD's or load a different driver (like 
mochasoft vs iSeries Access 5250).

There are a couple of different ways to secure that.  One is to use the no 
charge item iSeries Navigator.  There is an item in there called 
"Application Administration".  You can limit ODBC etc by user and stuff.

Now, that still might not have the granularity that you need.  For 
example, you might want to limit your users to only being able to download 
this one work file in this one library.  And you don't want to go through 
the bother of configuring security to "application only" access.  You can 
use "exit points" to achieve this.  We did this at one time.  Of course it 
only took our users about 5 seconds to realize that this was a temporary 
work file and they could use Query/400 to overwrite it with any darn data 
they wanted to.

If you don't want to roll your own, or figure the money spent developing 
that can be better spent on buying a package that handles ALL exit points, 
and keep it maintained for OS upgrades, new exit points, etc, then there 
are several packages out there:  Power Tech, NetIQ and a plethora of 
others.

Rob Berendt