Re: Informix with NIS

Scott Ellard (cse@wetware.com) wrote: : In article <JDHICKS.94Sep8050114@netcom10.netcom.com> jdhicks@netcom10.netcom.com (JD Hicks) writes: : >We are installing NIS on our Network. One of the problems that we have run : >in to is that Informix Products seem to need a physical entry in the passwd : >file. While UNIX is smart enough to use NIS at log in time, Informix apps : >like dbaccess error out with a "-468 Cannot obtain user id from system: unable : >to start database server." When I issue an id command it returns my User and : >Group name and id's so I know that UNIX considers me a legitimate user. This : >implies that Informix is trying to read the passwd and group files on its own. : >Has any one else had problems with this? Is there a work around? : I'm curious. What is the right way for Informix to do this? : What are the appropriate API calls? Calling getpwuid() returns the passwd struct for a given UID. It searches /etc/passwd first, then uses NIS if available. This code snippet will print your user name: #include <stdio.h> #include <pwd.h> int main(void) { struct passwd *p; if (p = getpwuid(getuid())) printf("%s\\n", p->pw_name); return 0; } -- Jeffrey Sturm