Re: Informix won't work with yp?

In article <CEL6Kt.Ft9@sparc0a.cs.uiuc.edu>, cgregory@sam.cs.uiuc.edu (Christine Gregory) writes: |> |> We get |> |> 468: Cannot obtain user id from system: unable to start database engine. |> |> This is on an HP 800. |> |> I noticed that root was able to run informix. |> So I hacked the local password file to include a non-yp account. |> THAT user was also able to run informix. |> |> Is it a known bug that informix will not run with yp? |> (I certainly hope not!) -- Or is there -- hopefully -- a better solution to |> this problem? This is a known bug - #12423. I first encountered this problem over a year ago, and was told at the time that a fix was scheduled. Tech support would be able to tell you what release contains the fix, if it has been done. I used the same workaround you described. It's not elegant, but it does the job. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Curt Leaist |Internet: curtl@zed.com Project Zed |UUCP : ...!uunet!uupsi2!aruba!curtl --------------------------------------------------------------------------