Oracle Audio Technologies B31679-01 manual Access Control, Introduction, General

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Access Control

Introduction

Access Control

With TimesTen you can optionally install a layer of internal security, which throughout the TimesTen documentation set and in the installation scripts is referred to as “Access Control.”

The Access Control feature of TimesTen provides an environment of basic control for applications that use the internally defined privileges. In TimesTen, user privileges are granted on a instance wide-basis. A user’s privileges apply to all data stores in a given TimesTen instance or installation.

Limitations of Access Control and non-root installs

General

You can enable Access Control when you install TimesTen. You can also choose to enable it after installation by using the ttmodinstall utility. See “Enabling Access Control after installation on UNIX” on page 14. Access Control cannot be disabled after installation of TimesTen. You must uninstall and re-install TimesTen if you want to disable Access Control.

The instance administrator owns all files in the installation directory tree. Only the instance administrator can administer the TimesTen instance. See “TimesTen instance administrator” on page 9. All TimesTen daemon processes are owned by the instance administrator.

Prior to installing TimesTen as non-root, certain tasks must be performed by the user root. Those tasks are outlined in “Prerequisites for non-root installations on UNIX systems” on page 37. You cannot

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