Re: HELP!! oninit -i fails ... Help

Thanks for the input. Since I was doing an "oninit -i" I resolved it like this 1) Saved the environment variables 2) Saved the onconfig, sqlhosts and /etc/services files (Critical ones) 3) Ran installonline 4) Performed an oninit -i with my onconfig, sqlhosts and /etc/services which I had saved 5) Worked!!! 6) "dbimport"ed all my databases There was no help from tech support on this.... Thanks for the replies.. Sham --------------------- David Williams wrote: > In article <886896140.395378694@dejanews.com>, Sham Vaidya > <smvaidya@hotmail.com> writes > >Hi, > > > >I am stumped... any help is really appreciated. > > > >I have a situation where we are running Informix > >OnLine Dynamic Server verison 7.23 on a Sun SPARC 1000. > >For performance reasons we decided to change from > >cooked files to raw devices. > > > >Currently I am stumped at the following situation and cannot > >seem to resolve the problem. > > > >After performing an "oninit -i" with the original initialization > >and shared memory parameters without any dbspace except root > >dbspace and it's chunk, the error I get in onmonitor > >is "WARNING: Network Down". I tail the log file & it mentions > >that I am in On-Line mode and the sysmaster databases were > >created successfully, however as soon as I try and do an > >onspaces -c to create a dbspace it gives me a shared memory> >error, if I try it from onmonitor it gives me a network > >error. > > > >Another clue (most likely related) is every time I start > >onmonitor the online.log file that I am tailing generates > >a -951 error saying user informix is not known to the system. > >However if I query the sysmaster database on the sysuser table > >via dbaccess "informix" shows up as a row in the table. > >(There are 2 rows in the sysusr table). > > > >I am able to reach everything in my network and seem to be > >up and about. However I cannot add any dbspaces.... > >I am able to create the stores7 database in root dbspace > >and attach to it via dbaccess and run queries. > > > >Another error I get in the online.log is the file limits > >cannot be changed, must be a super user... > > > >Any ideas??? Any info/help appreciated. Please feel free > >to send an email directly or post on the newsgroup. > > > >Thanks in advance. > > > Check /etc/passwd includes user informix and group informix. > Check user informix is in group informix. > > >Sham Vaidya > >smvaidya@hotmail.com > > > >-------------------==== Posted via Deja News > ====----------------------- > > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet > > -- > David Williams > > Maintainer of the Informix FAQ > Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk > Official site > http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html > > I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for > you, For > you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be > here > standing, Until the bitter end... > So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... > All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care