INFORMIXTMP
Hey everyone, My system admins are asking me to move the /INFORMIXTMP directory (they hate it in root). What does everyone out there recommend? and how do you change the location? Thanks! Kate Tomchik [ kate@iiug.org ] www.iiug.org International Informix Users Group Board of Directors A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. Mitch Ratliffe
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 10:29, kate <kate@iiug.org> wrote: > My system admins are asking me to move the /INFORMIXTMP directory (they > hate > it in root). What does everyone out there recommend? and how do you change > the location? > Leave it in root; it is not movable. Or, at least, leave a symlink in root pointing to the real directory. If you are using private servers, you can do without /INFORMIXTMP; for informix/root-owned servers, that's where it lives. It is crucial to server discovery, and also to shared memory and local stream connections. -- Jonathan Leffler <jonathan.leffler@gmail.com> #include <disclaimer.h> Guardian of DBD::Informix - v2011.0612 - http://dbi.perl.org "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused." --90e6ba21237f75bfee04a924d079
Kate No need to move it, 1. Soft link it (ln -s /INFORMIXTMP 'area where it can be!') to somewhere that is acceptable, remember to set the permissions on the new location to be same as current. 2. Ask sys admins for a 'lump' of filestore to be created and mounted as /INFORMIXTMP. You can do waht you like with it and it won't affect the machine. 3. Tell them it isn't going to be a problem. I've had /INFOMRIXTMP in root for years on different servers, different O/S and different IDS versions with nary an issue. Keith On 28 July 2011 18:29, kate <kate@iiug.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > My system admins are asking me to move the /INFORMIXTMP directory (they hate > it in root). What does everyone out there recommend? and how do you change > the location? > > Thanks! > Kate Tomchik [ kate@iiug.org ] www.iiug.org > International Informix Users Group Board of Directors > > A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human > history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. > Mitch Ratliffe > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > >
YOU CANNOT MOVE /INFORMIXTMP, the engine will try to put it back. AFAIK failure to create it will prevent startup. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:29 PM, kate <kate@iiug.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > My system admins are asking me to move the /INFORMIXTMP directory (they > hate > it in root). What does everyone out there recommend? and how do you change > the location? > > Thanks! > Kate Tomchik [ kate@iiug.org ] www.iiug.org > International Informix Users Group Board of Directors > > A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human > history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. > Mitch Ratliffe > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --20cf3071c80064b36e04a924f859
OK, just being pedantic, you can replace it with a symbolic link. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote: > YOU CANNOT MOVE /INFORMIXTMP, the engine will try to put it back. AFAIK > failure to create it will prevent startup. > > Art > > Art S. Kagel > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions > and > do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other > organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or > by > inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals > affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the > entities themselves. > > On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:29 PM, kate <kate@iiug.org> wrote: > > > Hey everyone, > > My system admins are asking me to move the /INFORMIXTMP directory (they > > hate > > it in root). What does everyone out there recommend? and how do you > change > > the location? > > > > Thanks! > > Kate Tomchik [ kate@iiug.org ] www.iiug.org > > International Informix Users Group Board of Directors > > > > A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human > > history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila. > > Mitch Ratliffe > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > --20cf3071c80064b36e04a924f859 > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --20cf3071c800029d5404a924ffd2