Re: Security

From: Tom Pearce <tpearce@mpc-data.co.uk> > >Hi There, > >I wonder if anyone could help me with a little trouble >I'm having with Informix SQL 7.24UC7... > >The SQL server I'm using is informix-se. > >The database files are stored in a directory, files.dbs. >All these files are currently chmod 777. >I would like to change the permissions of these files >to chmod 755. The directory and files are owned by the >user "informix", and belong to the "informix" group. > >The application program gets run by non-"informix" users, >and can access the database no problems if the permissions >on the files.dbs directory and all the files within are >set to 777. However, when I change the permissions to >755, I get a database error. > >The database errors are: >329: Database not found, or no system permission>13: Permission denied > >Anyone any ideas? Sure: login as root, set INFORMIXDIR, cd $INFORMIXDIR and run ./installse -nobrand ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com