Re: onstat: Shared memory: permission denied???

dmoeller@geocities.com wrote: > > Marc, > > You might try adding that 'other' user to the informix group. > > Here's what 'ipcs' outputs on my system: > IPC status from <running system> as of Tue Jun 6 10:38:3 > Message Queue facility not in system. > T ID KEY MODE OWNER GROUP > Shared Memory: > m 800 0x52574801 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 801 0x52574802 --rw-rw---- root informix > m 802 0x52574803 --rw-rw---- root informix > > So if a user isn't root, informix or in the informix group they won't > have permissions to read the shared memory segments.. No, the only member of the group informix should be informix. That is why the permissions for onstat are 2755 informix informix, or should be. That is why the ownerships and permissions of all the Informix binaries are very important. You might want to check your permissions and ownerships Marc. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+