Re: Single User Limit Exceeded

Look in $INFORMIXDIR/etc for a hidden file (like .selock or something). It will contain only one line in it. A client of mine a long time ago had that problem with version 6.00 of SE in that whe the user exited his Informix client application, the lock file was not removed. We had to upgrade eventually, but the initial workaround was to write a script for all my client applications which would call the real client and then remove the lock file. For example, we renamed the executable isql to isql.exe and created a script called isql which had the lines: isql $* # this was incase any command line args were sent rm $INFORMIXDIR/etc/.selock # replace selock with actual name of the lockfile Hope this helps. At 08:09 PM 9/25/97 EDT, you wrote: > >Hello: > >I am running a single user version of ISQL on SCO Unix (ver 4.12) and I >get a "-753 Single user limit has been exceeded" message when I try to >run ISQL under a different user than my own. This happens even if I am >not logged in, another user cannot run the program. > >Does anyone know where the magical lock file is that is saying I am >using the program even though I am not? > >Thanks, > >Bill Betz > Best regards, Nigel +-------------------------------------------------------------+ |Name : Edmund Nigel Gall Tel: (868) 636 3153 | |Title : Information Systems Specialist Fax: (868) 679 3770 | |Company: Process Plant Services Limited | |Address: Atlantic Avenue, Point Lisas Industrial Estate | | Point Lisas, Couva, Trinidad & Tobago, W.I. | +----- mailto:nigelg@ppsl.com ------ http://www.ppsl.com -----+