Re: oninit
Snap Dragon wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to load informix on a new machine (I'm a unix administrator and I've never loaded informix before!) - it's a copy of a machine that already runs.
>
> I've got to the bit where I try and initialise and I get the following error.
>
> $ oninit -i -s>
> This action will initialize Informix Dynamic Server;
> any existing Informix Dynamic Server databases will NOT be accessible -
> Do you wish to continue (y/n)? y
> Cannot find message file. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG
>
> INFORMIXDIR is set but DBLANG isn't (this is the same as my working installation).
>
> It's IDS 7.31.UD4 running on solaris 2.6
>
> Can anyone help?
Do you have a user "informix" and a group "informix"?
Are the permissions and ownerships on the $INFORMIXDIR directory and
it's contents correct?
Cheers,
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