Re: Power7 interactive

[Bryce Martin <BMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So if you have a web application, and you only have the web app connect to 
the DB with a generic username you can avoid having lots of concurrent 
users.  You can just create your own database to do user authentication to 
your app.  I wonder if they have some sort of TOS to cover this kind of 
loophole (unless I misunderstood, and you can't do what I proposed).


Thanks
Bryce Martin
Programmer/Analyst I
570-546-4777



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> From: Raul A. Jager W.
> How do you count web users?  (Apache)


You can probably search and find a document that explains IBM i user based 

licensing.  I found it recently, but didn't bookmark it.  In a nutshell, a 
user 
is any individual who "exchanges credentials" with IBM i.  In other words, 
the 
individual has an IBM i user profile, LDAP entry, or validation list entry 
used 
to authenticate the user.  It doesn't matter whether the user is 
connecting via 
HTTP, Telnet, FTP, or whatever.  If the individual exchange credentials 
with IBM 
i, then user based licensing applies for that individual.

User based licensing does not apply if the individual does not exchange 
credentials with IBM i.

-Nathan