Re: Cannot create lock file

Posted in 1998

Art S. Kagel — Wed, 29 Apr 1998 11:47:01 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Marco Antonio Muci'o Z''iga wrote: > > I receive the above message when I'm trying to access a database > over the network using Informix-Star. I'm using SCO Unix V.3.2.4 in > the local host and SCO Unix V.5.04 in the remote host. Informix Online > 5.01 is used in both hosts with Informix-Star 5.01. The hosts file > contains the names and IP's of both hosts. Any ideas? Thank you. I assume you are running SE. My SE days are long gone but IMS this is a permissions problem. Either the permissions on the database directory will not permit the creation of the lock file by Informix or the sqlexecd does not have its SUID bit set and so is not running as root. Art S. Kagel