This tab has the following components:

DBA   Select this option to grant DBA authority to the remote user; a user with DBA authority can fully administer the database.

Resource   Select this option to grant resource authority to the remote user; a user with resource authority can create database objects.

Remote DBA   Select this option to grant Remote DBA authority to the remote user. The MobiLink client utility (dbmlsync) requires Remote DBA authority. The SQL Remote Message Agent (dbremote) should also be run using a user ID with this type of authority to ensure that actions can be performed without creating security loopholes.

Backup   Select this option to grant backup authority to the remote user.

Validate   Select this option to grant validate authority to the remote user; a user with validate authority can perform the operations executed by the different VALIDATE statements, such as database, table, index, and checksum validation.

Profile   Grants application profiling and database tracing capabilities to the user.

Readfile   Grants the ability to use query files using the OPENSTRING clause of the SELECT statement.

Read Client File   Grants the ability to read a file on the client computer.

Write Client File   Grants the ability to write to a file on the client computer.

See also

• Granting and revoking remote permissions
• Managing user IDs, authorities, and permissions
• DBA authority
• RESOURCE authority
• GRANT REMOTE DBA statement [MobiLink] [SQL Remote]
• BACKUP authority
• VALIDATE authority