[dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed May 30 11:48:03 CDT 2007


http://www.carlprothman.net/Default.aspx?tabid=90#ODBCDriverForInformix

http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/db2/zones/informix/

ODBC driver for Informix (along with native drivers)
is a part of ClientSDK, available for free downloads
from IBM site
http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2007-04-27+12%3A11%3A20.641125R&S_TACT=104CBW71&S_CMP=

You may have to run ODBC against a functioning Informix server
with a valid user id password


Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote:

>So I've got this 1GB database, theoretically Informix.  The file name is
>rootdbs_dat.000.  Anyone know any Informix?  Is there an ODBC drive I could
>use to link to this?  I tried Googling but it was confusing.  Not like
>grabbing the Foxpro driver or something like that.
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>TIA
>
>Rocky
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
>Beach Access Software
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:09 PM
>To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
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>Thanks.  I'll give it a go.
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>Rocky
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of MartyConnelly
>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:03 PM
>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
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>You could use Monarch to read the print files for about $300
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>Maybe you get lucky
>The default user and password for Informix is informix
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> http://www.virus.org/default-password/view/All/18/
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>Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software wrote:
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>>Reports to a file - that's an option.  PITA, but could be some $$ for me.
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>>Rocky
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:22 PM
>>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
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>>Strings like a connection to database might still be intact. Probably 
>>not but it's possible. Depends on what tool it was created with. It's 
>>not LIKELY that it would be found but it's not completely out of the
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>question either.
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>>Does the application do reports that could be printed to a text file 
>>and then read back in as data?  I've done a lot of that kind of stuff.
>>It's a pain to stip off the column headings etc and get to the data 
>>columns but it's doable. Harder when the reports are multi-line but 
>>still
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>doable.
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>>GK
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>>On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software 
>><rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
>>wrote:
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>>>I'll ask, but I'll be a quarter that the code is compiled.
>>>
>>>Rocky
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gary Kjos
>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:09 AM
>>>To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>>
>>>You MIGHT be able to text search though the actual software code and
>>>find it if it's not encrypted.   Search for something like "password="
>>>with a text editor.
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>>>GK
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>>>On 5/29/07, Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software 
>>><rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
>>>wrote:
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>>>>They have an application they have been using since 1999 for BOMs, 
>>>>MRP, inventory control, etc.  The company who sold it to them  - a 
>>>>Singapore software house - is out of business.  So there's no support 
>>>>for the application.  But it's working.  I think they're getting 
>>>>nervous though, and, they want to export their data before picking a
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>>>replacement system.
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>>>>Converting the existing data would be key.
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>>>>Even though I have the U.S. trademark on E-Z-MRP, this company in 
>>>>Singapore took the name - their product was called E-Z-MRP II.  So 
>>>>when the user started looking around the internet for support, he 
>>>>found
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>>>me.
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>>>>If I can break into this Informix db and get their data out, I'll 
>>>>convert it to an E-Z-MRP database and see if I can get them to go for 
>>>>my system.  But no one there knows what the user name and password is 
>>>>for
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>>>the Informix db.
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>>>>The user spoke with his predecessor and he doesn't know either.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>Rocky
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim 
>>>>Lawrence
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 10:34 AM
>>>>To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
>>>>Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>>>
>>>>Hi Rocky:
>>>>
>>>>How are they getting the data out of their database now?
>>>>
>>>>Jim
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>>>[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky 
>>>>Smolin at Beach Access Software
>>>>Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:39 PM
>>>>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>>>>Cc: List
>>>>Subject: [dba-Tech] Need to Break Informix Password
>>>>
>>>>Dear List(s):
>>>>
>>>>A prospect in Singapore wants to abandon their current manufacturing 
>>>>system and go to a new one.  The problem is:
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>>>>1) the current product has no data import or export functions
>>>>2) it's an orphan - the original company is out of business
>>>>3) the platform is Informix
>>>>4) it is password protected and they do not know the user name and 
>>>>password
>>>>5) they cannot connect to it using the Informix ODBC driver.  Says 
>>>>they tried both ADO and DAO. (probably because they don't have the 
>>>>user name and password).
>>>>6) the database is 1GB so they can't send it easily.
>>>>7) they don't need the user name and password to run the program.
>>>>Just if they want to open the back end directly.  The program is 
>>>>working
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>>>OK.
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>>>>But they're nervous and want to get away from this system and into 
>>>>something with support, I would guess.
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>>>>If I can get the data out I've got a shot at replacing this system 
>>>>with my own.
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>>>>Does anyone have any experience with Informix and know how to break in?
>>>>
>>>>MTIA
>>>>
>>>>Rocky
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>>>>P.S.  They called me because in the mid 90s a company in Singapore 
>>>>took the name of my product E-Z-MRP and made one called E-Z-MRP II, 
>>>>which is what this guy is using.  So he looked up E-Z-MRP on the web 
>>>>and found me.  So I called him tonight in Singapore to get the 
>>>>details
>>>>- find out if he had a bootleg copy of my system.  He sent me some 
>>>>screen shots of the opening screens, and I saw right away it was not 
>>>>mine
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>>>but the imposter.
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>Marty Connelly
>Victoria, B.C.
>Canada
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