Re: Connecting from SCO Unix to an Informix database running on Windows

Are you sure TLI is supported on SCO UNIX. If not it should be 'onsoctcp' in the sqlhosts. "Watson, Paul" wrote: > > Having you tried running a truss on it? That will tell the exact device > it's trying to open and in which mode. > > I agree with Art that everything points to some network configuration > problem. Is there an accompanying isam error, anything in > /var/adm/messages. Is the OS patched as per the release notes? > > A long shot would be to try and move the service number to below 1024. I've > only ever seen this make a difference on a Sun box running a secure network. > Like I said a long shot. > > > > > "Art S. Kagel" <kagel@bloomberg.net> wrote: > > > > >Limis BV wrote: > > >> > > >> I'm trying to make a connection from a SCO UNIX machine > > >> to a Informix database running on Windows NT, but I get > > >> the following Informix error message on the Unix machine > > >> when I try to connect to the database: > > >> > > >> -25574 Networkdriver cannot open the network device > > >> > > >> What is going wrong ? > > >> Should there be anything installed/enabled ? > > >> > > >> I'm using the following settings on the Unix machine: > > >> > > >> $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts: > > >> > > >> ol_asterix ontlitcp asterix turbo> > >> > > >> /etc/services: > > >> > > >> turbo 1526/tcp > > >> srv_agent 1530/tcp > > >> > > >> OS specs: > > >> > > >> SCO UNIX 3.2v5.0.4 > > >> Windows NT 4.0 Server > > >> Informix ODS 7.22.TC1 > > > > >Can you do anything else network-y on that SCO box? Can you ping > > >asterix? Is asterix listed in /etc/hosts? SCO does not come with > > >networking enabled by default you have to install the > > networking option. > > > > That's not the problem the SCO machine already runs more than 5 years > > in a network with other unix and windows machines. > > > > I think the problem is that informix does a system call and fails. > > The question is what call it makes (to with service/device) ? > > > > If anyone can answer me this question, I can check if that > > service/device > > is present on the SCO machine. > > > > >Art S. Kagel > > > > -- Erik Zetterberg | An expert knows more and more about A.C.E. Air Cargo Express AB | less and less and ultimately knows Box 18, SE-19045 Stockholm-Arlanda, Sweden| everything about nothing. T: +46 87978942 F: +46 87978902 | I'm going in the opposite direction